# avid

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈæv.ɪd/ · frequency rank #14,889

## Definitions
1. Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.
2. greedy

## Etymology
From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

## Easily confused with
- **Avs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avid-vs-avs)
- **axis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avid-vs-axis)
- **Avon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avid-vs-avon)
- **Aziz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avid-vs-aziz)
- **avis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avid-vs-avis)
- **axed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avid-vs-axed)
- **awed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avid-vs-awed)
- **avoid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avid-vs-avoid)
- **Avril** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avid-vs-avril)
- **avoids** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avid-vs-avoids)
- **AD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ad-vs-avid)
- **ai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ai-vs-avid)
- **av** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/av-vs-avid)
- **and** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/and-vs-avid)
- **air** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/air-vs-avid)
- **add** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/add-vs-avid)
- **aid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aid-vs-avid)
- **aim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aim-vs-avid)
- **Ali** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ali-vs-avid)
- **ave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ave-vs-avid)

## Common misspellings (5)
`aivd`, `avdi`, `avidd`, `avvid`, `vaid`

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