# vlog

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvlɒɡ/ · frequency rank #39,155

## Definitions
1. A weblog using video as its primary presentation format.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.
Proto-Italic *widēō
Latin videōbor.
English video
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós
Proto-Germanic *weraz
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi
Proto-Germanic *alaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Germanic *-þiz
Proto-Germanic *aldiz
Proto-Germanic *weraldiz
Proto-West Germanic *weraldi
Old English weorold
Middle English world
English world
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *wīdaz
Old English wīd
English wide
English -wide
English worldwide
Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *webaną
Proto-Germanic *wabją
Old English webb
Middle English web
English web
English World Wide Web
English Web
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti
Proto-Germanic *ligjaną
Old Norse liggjader.?
Middle English logge
English log
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?
Proto-Germanic *bōks
Proto-West Germanic *bōk
Old English bōc
Middle English bok
English book
English logbook
English log
English weblog
English blog
blend
English vlog
Blend of video + blog, itself a rebracketing of weblog.

## Easily confused with
- **vo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vlog-vs-vo)
- **vol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vlog-vs-vol)
- **vow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vlog-vs-vow)
- **vox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vlog-vs-vox)
- **Vos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vlog-vs-vos)
- **VoD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vlog-vs-vod)
- **VOC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vlog-vs-voc)
- **vor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vlog-vs-vor)
- **vom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vlog-vs-vom)
- **Vogt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vlog-vs-vogt)
- **veg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veg-vs-vlog)
- **vag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vag-vs-vlog)
- **Vlad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vlad-vs-vlog)
- **valor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valor-vs-vlog)

## Common misspellings (6)
`lvog`, `vlgo`, `vllog`, `vlogg`, `volg`, `vvlog`

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