vehicle
ve·hi·cle/ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/noun, verb
vehicle is spelled V-E-H-I-C-L-E, 3 syllables: ve·hi·cle. The wrong spelling people search most is vehical: about 320 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 61 of all searches for the word. Vehicle is a noun meaning “A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals”. The plural of vehicle is vehicles.
How many letters and syllables are in vehicle?
| Letters | 7: V-E-H-I-C-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ve·hi·cle |
| In writing | 58 times per million words; the 1,793rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, vehical, about 320 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell vehicle?
Vehicle is spelled V-E-H-I-C-L-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 61 of the searches for vehicle in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is vehicle?
Vehicle appears 58 times per million words in written English, the 1,793rd 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 vehicle?
- UK /ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/
- UK /ˈvɪə̯.kəl/
- British /ˈvɪjɪk(ə)l/
Vehicle has 3 syllables, split ve·hi·cle in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-vehicle.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vehicle
- vehicles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- vehicling participle, present
- vehicled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vehicle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
- 2
A guided or aimed mobile object or apparatus, especially if intended or used as a weapon.
kinetic kill vehicle
- 3
A medium for expression of talent or views.
supporting actors in a Steven Spielberg vehicle
- 4
A liquid content (e.g., oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
- 5
The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.
an ointment with a petrolatum vehicle
- 6
An entity to achieve an end.
mission service as a vehicle for development of better-rounded worldviews
- 7
A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
- 8
An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits.
verb
- 1
To transport in a vehicle, or as if in a vehicle.
- 2
To travel in a vehicle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate vehicle?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of vehicle: LCV, veh.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vehicle in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | véhicule, moyen de transport |
| German | Fahrzeug, Gefährt, Vehikel, Wagen, Fuhrwerk, Verkehrsmittel |
| Portuguese | veículo , meio |
| Spanish | vehículo, medio de transporte , vehículos |
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.
Where does vehicle come from?
Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehō, vehere (“to carry”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).