vintage

/ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/

//ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ// noun

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"vintage" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“vintage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,379. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,379
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.

Corpus desk

Index EN-vintage · vintage · English

vintage · rank #5,379 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,379
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH victor

Nearest frequency peer: victor (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “vintage”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “vintage” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vintage vs visage
71% similar
vintage vs voltage
71% similar
vintage vs village
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vintage
PropertyValue
Headwordvintage
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,379
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “vintage”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).vintagelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “victor” (#5,378), “warned” (#5,380), “verse” (#5,377). Among 969 “V” headwords, “vintage” is #5,379. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around vintage (IPA /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,379 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vintage, with forms such as "ivntage", "vinatge", and "vinntage". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "visage", "voltage", "village", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage, vendenge (cognate with French vendange), from Latin vindēmia (“a gathering of grapes, vintage”), from vīnum (“wine”) + dēmō (“take off or away, remove”), from de (“of… The correct English form is vintage, spelled V-I-N-T-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
  2. 2
    Wine, especially high-quality, identified as to year and vineyard or district of origin.
  3. 3
    The harvesting of a grape crop and the initial pressing of juice for winemaking.
  4. 4
    The year or place in which something is produced.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how vintage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other. I may credit the seductive influence of an old vintage upon the narrator for the beginning of it, and my own skeptical incredulity during the days that followed for the balance of the strange tale.

Etymology

From Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage, vendenge (cognate with French vendange), from Latin vindēmia (“a gathering of grapes, vintage”), from vīnum (“wine”) + dēmō (“take off or away, remove”), from de (“of; from, away from”) + emō (“take”).

This word in other languages

vendimia(Español)vendange(Français)Traubenlese(Deutsch)vindima(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivntage
  • vinatge
  • vinntage
  • vintaeg
  • vintagge
  • vintgae
  • vinttage
  • vitnage
  • vnitage
  • vvintage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vintage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ivntage2vinatge2vinntage1vintaeg2vintagge1vintgae2vinttage1vitnage2
Edit distance from "vintage"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vintage"?
"vintage" is spelled V-I-N-T-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/.
What does "vintage" mean?
As a noun, "vintage" means: The yield of grapes or wine from a vineyard or district during one season.
What words are commonly confused with "vintage"?
"vintage" is commonly confused with "visage", "voltage", "village". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vintage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vintage" is /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "vintage"?
From Middle English vendage, vyndage, from Anglo-Norman vendenge, from Old French vendage, vendenge (cognate with French vendange), from Latin vindēmia (“a gathering of grapes, vintage”), from vīnum (“wine”) + dēmō (“take off or away, remove”), fr... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vintage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list