# vine

> English word · Noun · IPA /vaɪn/ · frequency rank #10,792

## Definitions
1. Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.
2. Any plant the stem of which creeps along the ground.
3. A stem of such plants, especially when thick and rope-like; a liana.
4. A climbing plant that produces grapes.
5. Any plant of the genus Vitis.

## Etymology
From Middle English vīne, from Anglo-Norman vigne, from Vulgar Latin vīnia, from Latin vīnea (“vines in a vineyard”), from vīneus (“related to wine”), from vīnum (“wine”), from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“vine, wine”), from *weh₁y- (“to twist, wrap”). Doublet of wine.

## Easily confused with
- **VN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-vn)
- **VIP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-vip)
- **vis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-vis)
- **VPN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-vpn)
- **Viv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-viv)
- **Vit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-vit)
- **VIX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-vix)
- **vote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-vote)
- **visa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-visa)
- **vita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-vita)
- **viva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-viva)
- **vive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-vive)
- **vise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-vise)
- **vino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-vino)
- **vole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-vole)
- **voice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-voice)
- **vinyl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-vinyl)
- **vines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-vines)
- **viper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-viper)
- **vinny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vine-vs-vinny)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ivne`, `vinne`, `vnie`, `vvine`

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