# venue

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvɛnjuː/ · frequency rank #4,725

## Definitions
1. A theater, auditorium, arena, or other area designated for sporting or entertainment events.
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. A bout; a hit; a turn.
4. A stadium or similar building in which a sporting competition is held.
5. The place where something happens.

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

## Easily confused with
- **vine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venue-vs-vine)
- **verse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venue-vs-verse)
- **Vince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venue-vs-vince)
- **Venus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venue-vs-venus)
- **vogue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venue-vs-vogue)
- **verge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venue-vs-verge)
- **Verde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venue-vs-verde)
- **Verne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venue-vs-verne)
- **verve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venue-vs-verve)
- **vee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vee-vs-venue)
- **vent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-venue)
- **vane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vane-vs-venue)
- **Venn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venn-vs-venue)
- **value** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/value-vs-venue)
- **vague** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vague-vs-venue)
- **venom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venom-vs-venue)
- **Vance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vance-vs-venue)
- **Venice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venice-vs-venue)
- **veneer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veneer-vs-venue)
- **venous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venous-vs-venue)

## Common misspellings (6)
`evnue`, `veneu`, `vennue`, `veune`, `vneue`, `vvenue`

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