vogue
/vəʊɡ/noun, verb
vogue is spelled V-O-G-U-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, vogue means “The prevailing fashion or style” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of vogue is vogues.
How many letters and syllables are in vogue?
| Letters | 5: V-O-G-U-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.1 times per million words; the 11,015th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is vogue?
Vogue appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce vogue?
- /vəʊɡ/
Vogue has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-vogue.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vogue
- vogues plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- voguing participle, present
- vogued participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vogue mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The prevailing fashion or style.
Miniskirts were the vogue in the '60s.
- 2
Popularity or a current craze.
Hula hoops are no longer in vogue.
- 3
A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s.
- 4
A cigarette.
verb
- 1
To dance in the vogue dance style.
- 2
To light a cigarette for (someone).
Vogue me up.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vogue in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the prevailing fashion or style:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vogue come from?
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).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).