venue

/ˈvɛnjuː/

//ˈvɛnjuː// noun

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"venue" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“venue” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,725. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,725
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.

Corpus desk

Index EN-venue · venue · English

venue · rank #4,725 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,725
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH vary

Nearest frequency peer: vary (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “venue”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “venue” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

venue vs vine
60% similar
venue vs verse
60% similar
venue vs Vince
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for venue
PropertyValue
Headwordvenue
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈvɛnjuː/
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,725
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “venue”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).venuelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “vary” (#4,724), “wages” (#4,726), “trigger” (#4,723). Among 969 “V” headwords, “venue” is #4,725. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around venue (IPA /ˈvɛnjuː/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,725 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for venue, with forms such as "evnue", "veneu", and "vennue". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vine", "verse", "Vince", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English venu, from Old French venue, the feminine singular past participle of the verb venir (to come). Doublet of veny. The correct English form is venue, spelled V-E-N-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
  2. 2
    A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid, or the district from which a jury comes.
  3. 3
    A bout; a hit; a turn.
  4. 4
    A stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.
  5. 5
    The place where something happens.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how venue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made.
  2. With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.

Etymology

From Middle English venu, from Old French venue, the feminine singular past participle of the verb venir (to come). Doublet of veny.

This word in other languages

sala(Español)lieu(Français)Schauplatz(Deutsch)local(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evnue
  • veneu
  • vennue
  • veune
  • vneue
  • vvenue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of venue - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

evnue2veneu2vennue1veune2vneue2vvenue1
Edit distance from "venue"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "venue"?
"venue" is spelled V-E-N-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈvɛnjuː/.
What does "venue" mean?
As a noun, "venue" means: A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
What words are commonly confused with "venue"?
"venue" is commonly confused with "vine", "verse", "Vince". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "venue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "venue" is /ˈvɛnjuː/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "venue"?
From Middle English venu, from Old French venue, the feminine singular past participle of the verb venir (to come). Doublet of veny. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "venue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wages#4,726wells#4,727suits#4,719screw#4,710

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

vary6 variantstoys6 variantscarl6 variantsdirt6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list