# vintage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #5,379

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

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **visage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vintage-vs-visage)
- **voltage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vintage-vs-voltage)
- **village** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/village-vs-vintage)
- **vantage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vantage-vs-vintage)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ivntage`, `vinatge`, `vinntage`, `vintaeg`, `vintagge`, `vintgae`, `vinttage`, `vitnage`, `vnitage`, `vvintage`

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