# vague

> English word · Adjective · IPA /veɪɡ/ · frequency rank #8,743

## Definitions
1. Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
2. Not having a precise meaning.
3. Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.
4. Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.
5. Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely.
6. Lacking expression; vacant.
7. Not sharply outlined; hazy.
8. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.

## Etymology
From Middle French vague, from Latin vagus (“uncertain, vague”, literally “wandering, rambling, strolling”).

## Easily confused with
- **vale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vague-vs-vale)
- **vase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vague-vs-vase)
- **vape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vague-vs-vape)
- **vane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vague-vs-vane)
- **value** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vague-vs-value)
- **venue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vague-vs-venue)
- **valve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vague-vs-valve)
- **vogue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vague-vs-vogue)
- **Vance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vague-vs-vance)
- **Valle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vague-vs-valle)
- **Varun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vague-vs-varun)
- **values** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vague-vs-values)
- **valued** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vague-vs-valued)
- **vaguely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vague-vs-vaguely)
- **vag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vag-vs-vague)

## Common misspellings (6)
`avgue`, `vageu`, `vaggue`, `vauge`, `vgaue`, `vvague`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vague