vapid
/ˈvæp.ɪd/adjective
vapid is spelled V-A-P-I-D: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,954th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, vapid means “Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in vapid?
| Letters | 5: V-A-P-I-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,954th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is vapid?
Vapid appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,954th 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 vapid?
- US /ˈvæp.ɪd/
- US /ˈveɪp.ɪd/
Vapid has 2 syllables (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: En-us-vapid.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with vapid?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as vapid from its last stressed vowel (/æpɪd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of vapid
- more vapid comparative
- most vapid superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vapid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
- 2
Lifeless, dull, or banal.
- 3
Tasteless, bland, or insipid.
adjective
- 1
An acronym for remembering undesirable characteristics for goal-setting: vague, amorphous, pie-in-the-sky, irrelevant, delayed/disassociated.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vapid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | amorphe, inintéressant, insignifiant, niais, gourde, terne |
| German | nichtssagend, geistlos, flach, kraftlos , fad, schal |
| Portuguese | insoso, insosso, banal , insípido |
| Spanish | soso, insulso |
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 vapid come from?
Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).