vogue
/vəʊɡ/
"vogue" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vogue” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #11,151 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,151
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The prevailing fashion or style.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vogue |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vəʊɡ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vogue” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for vogue is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /vəʊɡ/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,151 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for vogue, with forms such as "ovgue", "vgoue", and "vogeu". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "vote", "vole", "voice", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in 1565. Borrowed from Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), from Old French vogue, from voguer (“to row, sway, set sail”), from Old Saxon wogōn (“to sway, rock”), var. of wagōn (“to float, fluctuate”), from Proto-Germanic *wagōną … The correct English form is vogue, spelled V-O-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1The prevailing fashion or style.
- 2Popularity or a current craze.
- 3A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s.
- 4A cigarette.
Etymology
First attested in 1565. Borrowed from Middle French vogue (“wave, course of success”), from Old French vogue, from voguer (“to row, sway, set sail”), from Old Saxon wogōn (“to sway, rock”), var. of wagōn (“to float, fluctuate”), from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (“to sway, fluctuate”) and Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“water in motion”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move, go, transport”) (compare way). Akin to Old Saxon wegan (“to move”), Old High German wegan (“to move”), Old English wegan (“to move, carry, weigh”), Old Norse vaga (“to sway, fluctuate”), Old English wagian (“to sway, totter”), German Woge (“wave”), Swedish våg (“wave”). More at wag. The dance derives its name from Vogue magazine.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ovgue,vgoue,vogeu,voggue,vouge,vvogue
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vogue - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “vogue”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is V-O-G-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /vəʊɡ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “vote” - see the side-by-side comparison. vogue vs vote
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.