# vegetarian

> English word · Noun · IPA /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/ · frequency rank #9,982

## Definitions
1. A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.
2. An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.

## Etymology
From vegetable + -arian; popularized following 1847 foundation of British Vegetarian Society.

## Easily confused with
- **vegetation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vegetarian-vs-vegetation)

## Common misspellings (14)
`evgetarian`, `veegtarian`, `vegeatrian`, `vegetairan`, `vegetarain`, `vegetariann`, `vegetarina`, `vegetarrian`, `vegetraian`, `vegettarian`, `veggetarian`, `vegtearian`, `vgeetarian`, `vvegetarian`

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