vend
/vɛnd/
"vend" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vend” is an uncommon English word, ranked #95,576 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #95,576
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of sell, (now especially) to sell through a vending machine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vend |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /vɛnd/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #95,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vend” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for vend is 4 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /vɛnd/. Corpus data places it at rank #95,576 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vend, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: 17th century, likely a backformation from earlier vendible, vendee, vendor inspired by the underlying French vendre, from Old French vendre, from Latin vendere, from vēnum dāre (“to give (something for) sale”). The correct English form is vend, spelled V-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Synonym of sell, (now especially) to sell through a vending machine.
- 2To provide or export functionality, especially from an API.
Etymology
17th century, likely a backformation from earlier vendible, vendee, vendor inspired by the underlying French vendre, from Old French vendre, from Latin vendere, from vēnum dāre (“to give (something for) sale”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “vend”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is V-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /vɛnd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.