# vestibule

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvɛ.stɪ.bjuːl/ · frequency rank #40,505

## Definitions
1. A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
2. A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
3. A small entrance hall, antechamber, passage, or room between the outer door and the main hall, lobby, or interior of a building.
4. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
5. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
6. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
7. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.
8. Any of a number of body cavities or channels, serving as or resembling an entrance to another bodily space.

## Etymology
Early 17th century, borrowed from French vestibule (“entrance court”), from Latin vestibulum (“forecourt, entrance court; entrance”), from vestiō (“to dress, clothe, vest”) + -bulum (“place, location”, nominal suffix). Doublet of vestibulum.

## Common misspellings (13)
`evstibule`, `vesitbule`, `vesstibule`, `vestbiule`, `vestibbule`, `vestiblue`, `vestibuel`, `vestibulle`, `vestiuble`, `vesttibule`, `vetsibule`, `vsetibule`, `vvestibule`

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