# velvet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvɛlvɪt/ · frequency rank #10,149

## Definitions
1. A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
2. Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.
3. A female chinchilla; a sow.
4. The drug dextromethorphan.
5. Money acquired by gambling.

## Etymology
From Middle English velvet, velwet, veluet, from Old Occitan veluet, from Vulgar Latin *villutittus, diminutive of villūtus, from Latin villus (“shaggy hair, tuft of hair”). Cognate with French velours.

## Easily confused with
- **verve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/velvet-vs-verve)
- **velvety** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/velvet-vs-velvety)
- **valve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valve-vs-velvet)
- **valet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valet-vs-velvet)

## Common misspellings (9)
`evlvet`, `velevt`, `vellvet`, `velvett`, `velvte`, `velvvet`, `vevlet`, `vlevet`, `vvelvet`

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