# Vesta

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈvɛstə/ · frequency rank #48,002

## Definitions
1. The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.
2. A female given name from Latin in occasional use.
3. The fourth asteroid discovered, and second largest, (4) Vesta.

## Etymology
From Middle English Vesta, from Latin Vesta, related to Ancient Greek ἑστία (hestía, “to dwell”) and Ἑστία (Hestía, “Hestia”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-; see also Old High German and Old English wesan (“to be”), Gothic wisan, Sanskrit वसति (vasati, “abide dwell”).
Vesta itself came to mean chaste, pure, or virgin, based from this goddess.

## Easily confused with
- **vet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vesta-vs-vet)
- **visa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vesta-vs-visa)
- **veto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vesta-vs-veto)
- **vita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vesta-vs-vita)
- **vets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vesta-vs-vets)
- **vista** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vesta-vs-vista)
- **volta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vesta-vs-volta)
- **vested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vesta-vs-vested)
- **vestry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vesta-vs-vestry)
- **vast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vast-vs-vesta)
- **vent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vent-vs-vesta)
- **vest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vest-vs-vesta)
- **vera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vera-vs-vesta)
- **Vega** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vega-vs-vesta)
- **vert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vert-vs-vesta)
- **Veda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veda-vs-vesta)
- **vela** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vela-vs-vesta)
- **Verma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verma-vs-vesta)
- **Velma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/velma-vs-vesta)
- **Verna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verna-vs-vesta)

## Common misspellings (7)
`evsta`, `vesat`, `vessta`, `vestta`, `vetsa`, `vseta`, `vvesta`

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