# vein

> English word · Noun · IPA /veɪn/ · frequency rank #10,148

## Definitions
1. A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
2. The entrails of a shrimp.
3. In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
4. The nervure of an insect’s wing.
5. A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
6. A sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock.
7. A topic of discussion; a train of association, thoughts, emotions, etc.
8. A style, tendency, or quality.
9. A fissure, cleft, or cavity, as in the earth or other substance.

## Etymology
From Middle English veyne, borrowed from Anglo-Norman veine, from Latin vēna (“a blood-vessel; vein; artery”) of uncertain origin. See vēna for more. Doublet of vena. Displaced native edre, from ǣdre (whence edder).

## Easily confused with
- **vi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vi)
- **VN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vn)
- **via** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-via)
- **vet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vet)
- **Vic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vic)
- **VIP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vip)
- **vis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vis)
- **vid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vid)
- **VPN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vpn)
- **vie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vie)
- **vex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vex)
- **Viv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-viv)
- **vim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vim)
- **Vit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vit)
- **vel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vel)
- **VIX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vix)
- **very** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-very)
- **void** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-void)
- **vent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vent)
- **vest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vein-vs-vest)

## Common misspellings (5)
`evin`, `veinn`, `veni`, `vien`, `vvein`

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