vegan
ve·gan/ˈviːɡən/adjective, noun
vegan is spelled V-E-G-A-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables (ve·gan). It appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, vegan means “Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in vegan?
| Letters | 5: V-E-G-A-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ve·gan |
| In writing | 8.9 times per million words; the 7,672nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is vegan?
Vegan appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce vegan?
- /ˈviːɡən/
- /ˈveɪɡən/
Vegan has 2 syllables, split ve·gan in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-vegan.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vegan
- vegans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vegan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
He eats a completely vegan diet.
- 2
Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.
She is not vegan as she eats eggs and wears leather.
- 3
Relating to vegans or veganism.
Yesterday I went to a vegan party.
noun
- 1
A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products
- 2
A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.
Our vegan-friendly shaving brush is made with synthetic bristles instead of badger hair.
adjective
- 1
Relating to the star Vega.
noun
- 1
Someone from the vicinity of the star Vega.
- 2
Ellipsis of Las Vegan (“someone from Las Vegas”).
- 3
Someone from Vega in Norway.
- 4
Someone from Vega in Sweden.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vegan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | végan, végane, végétalien , végétalienne , Végan, Végane |
| German | vegan , Veganer, Veganerin , Weganer, Weganerin |
| Portuguese | vegano , vegana |
| Spanish | vegano , vegana |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.