# vegan

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈviːɡən/ · frequency rank #7,759

## Definitions
1. Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
2. Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.
3. Relating to vegans or veganism.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Middle English vegetable
English vegetable
English -arian
English vegetarian
English vegan
Clipping of vegetarian or vegetable, 1944. Coined by English vegan activist Donald Watson of the Vegan Society and first used in the name of The Vegan News.

## Easily confused with
- **vein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vegan-vs-vein)
- **vera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vegan-vs-vera)
- **Venn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vegan-vs-venn)
- **vela** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vegan-vs-vela)
- **Vegas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vegan-vs-vegas)
- **van** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/van-vs-vegan)
- **veg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veg-vs-vegan)
- **Vega** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vega-vs-vegan)
- **veal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veal-vs-vegan)
- **Veda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veda-vs-vegan)

## Common misspellings (7)
`evgan`, `veagn`, `vegann`, `veggan`, `vegna`, `vgean`, `vvegan`

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