# vest

> English word · Noun · IPA /vɛst/ · frequency rank #10,791

## Definitions
1. A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
2. A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
3. A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
4. Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
5. A vestment.
6. Clothing generally; array; garb.
7. A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.

## Etymology
From French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis, from *wes- (“to be dressed”) (English wear). Cognate with Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra) and Spanish vestir.

## Easily confused with
- **vet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vet)
- **vis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vis)
- **VHS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vhs)
- **Vos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vos)
- **vex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vex)
- **VPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vps)
- **Vit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vit)
- **visa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-visa)
- **veto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-veto)
- **vets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vets)
- **volt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-volt)
- **Viet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-viet)
- **Voss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-voss)
- **vise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vise)
- **Vogt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vogt)
- **visit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-visit)
- **vista** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vista)
- **Vesta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vesta)
- **vested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vested)
- **vestry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vestry)

## Common misspellings (5)
`evst`, `vesst`, `vestt`, `vset`, `vvest`

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