# vulgar

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈvʌl.ɡə/ · frequency rank #14,451

## Definitions
1. Debased; uncouth; distasteful; obscene.
2. Having to do with ordinary, common people.
3. Common, usual; of the typical kind.
4. Being a vulgar fraction.

## Etymology
From Middle English vulgare, from Latin vulgāris, from volgus, vulgus (“mob; common folk”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥k-. Compare Welsh gwala (“plenty, sufficiency”), Ancient Greek ἁλία (halía, “assembly”), εἰλέω (eiléō, “to compress”), Old Church Slavonic великъ (velikŭ, “great”).

## Easily confused with
- **vulva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vulgar-vs-vulva)
- **Volga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/volga-vs-vulgar)
- **Vulcan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vulcan-vs-vulgar)

## Common misspellings (9)
`uvlgar`, `vlugar`, `vuglar`, `vulagr`, `vulgarr`, `vulggar`, `vulgra`, `vullgar`, `vvulgar`

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