# various

> English word · Determiner · IPA /ˈvɛəɹi.əs/ · frequency rank #799

## Definitions
1. More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French varieux, from Latin varius (“manifold, diverse, various, parti-colored, variegated, also changing, changeable, fickle, etc.”). By surface analysis, vary + -ous.

## Easily confused with
- **vicious** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/various-vs-vicious)
- **variously** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/various-vs-variously)
- **vicarious** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/various-vs-vicarious)
- **varies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/varies-vs-various)

## Common misspellings (9)
`avrious`, `vairous`, `variosu`, `variouss`, `variuos`, `varoius`, `varrious`, `vraious`, `vvarious`

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