victory
vic·tory/ˈvɪktəɹi/noun, interjection
victory is spelled V-I-C-T-O-R-Y: 7 letters and 2 syllables (vic·tory). It appears 54 times per million words in written English, the 1,899th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, victory means “The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of victory is victories.
How many letters and syllables are in victory?
| Letters | 7: V-I-C-T-O-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: vic·tory |
| In writing | 54 times per million words; the 1,899th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is victory?
Victory appears 54 times per million words in written English, the 1,899th 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 victory?
- UK /ˈvɪktəɹi/
- UK [ˈvɪktʰəɹɪi̯]
- British /ˈvɪktəɹɪj/
Victory has 2 syllables, split vic·tory in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-victory.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of victory
- victories plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- victorie
- victorying participle, present
- victoried participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does victory mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.
It was a great victory on the battlefield.
- 2
Alternative letter-case form of Victory (“(uncountable) the Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike; also (countable), an artistic depiction of her, chiefly as a winged woman”).
interjection
- 1
Used to encourage someone to achieve success, or to celebrate a success or triumph.
verb
- 1
obsoleterareTo defeat or triumph over (someone or something).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Victory in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in:
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.