vapid
/ˈvæp.ɪd/
"vapid" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vapid” is uncommon English (frequency #53,324 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,324
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vapid · vapid · English
vapid · rank #53,324 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,324
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH unsuited
Nearest frequency peer: unsuited (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “vapid”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- UCSD
UCSD
46,683 corpus weight
- uncoordinat…
uncoordinated
46,682 corpus weight
- UNRWA
UNRWA
46,680 corpus weight
- unstuck
unstuck
46,679 corpus weight
- unsuited
unsuited
46,678 corpus weight
- vapid
vapid
46,677 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “vapid” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vapid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈvæp.ɪd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,324 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vapid” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vapid is uncommon English at frequency #53,324 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈvæp.ɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
vapid has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”). The correct English form is vapid, spelled V-A-P-I-D.
Definition
- 1Offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
- 2Lifeless, dull, or banal.
- 3Tasteless, bland, or insipid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vapid appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In Koons' best-known works—a life-sized poly-chromed wood replica of Michael Jackson and his pet chimp Bubbles; vapid fin de siècle readymades such as a trio of basketballs floating in a fishtank […]
Then there was a little more trite conversation between Mr. Arabin and Mr. Harding; trite, and hard, and vapid, and senseless.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vapidus (“flat, vapid”).
This word in other languages
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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