vapor
/ˈveɪpɚ/noun, verb
vapor is spelled V-A-P-O-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, vapor means “Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of vapor is vapors.
How many letters and syllables are in vapor?
| Letters | 5: V-A-P-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th 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 vapor?
Vapor appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 vapor?
- UK /ˈveɪpə/
- US /ˈveɪpɚ/
Vapor 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-vapour.ogg, En-us-vapor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with vapor?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as vapor from its last stressed vowel (/eɪpəɹ/):
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 vapor
- vapors plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- vapour
- vaporing participle, present
- vapored participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vapor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
USCloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
- 2
USThe gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
- 3
USSomething insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
- 4
USdatedAny medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.
- 5
USarchaicHypochondria; melancholy; the blues; hysteria, or other nervous disorder.
- 6
USobsoleteWind; flatulence.
verb
- 1
USTo become vapor; to be emitted or circulated as vapor.
- 2
USTo turn into vapor.
to vapor away a heated fluid
- 3
USTo emit vapor or fumes.
- 4
USTo use insubstantial language; to boast or bluster.
- 5
USTo give (someone) the vapors; to depress, to bore.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vapor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 vapor come from?
From Middle English vapour, from Anglo-Norman vapour, Old French vapor, from Latin vapor (“steam, heat”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).