# vapor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈveɪpə/ · frequency rank #13,834

## Definitions
1. Cloudy diffused matter such as mist, steam or fumes suspended in the air.
2. The gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid.
3. Something insubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting.
4. Any medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapour.
5. Hypochondria; melancholy; the blues; hysteria, or other nervous disorder.
6. Wind; flatulence.

## Etymology
From Middle English vapour, from Anglo-Norman vapour, Old French vapor, from Latin vapor (“steam, heat”).

## Easily confused with
- **VAR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vapor-vs-var)
- **vor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vapor-vs-vor)
- **viper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vapor-vs-viper)
- **vigor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vapor-vs-vigor)
- **visor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vapor-vs-visor)
- **vape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vape-vs-vapor)
- **valor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valor-vs-vapor)
- **vamos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vamos-vs-vapor)
- **valour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valour-vs-vapor)

## Common misspellings (7)
`avpor`, `vaopr`, `vaporr`, `vappor`, `vapro`, `vpaor`, `vvapor`

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