# victory

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvɪk.tə.ɹi/ · frequency rank #1,926

## Definitions
1. The condition or state of having won a battle or competition, or having succeeded in an effort; (countable) an instance of this.
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”).

## Etymology
The noun is derived from Middle English victory, victori, victorie (“supremacy, victory; a defeat or vanquishing, conquest; superior military force; might, power, strength; triumphal celebration or procession; monument commemorating a defeat; superior position, dominance; mastery; moral victory, vindication; success, triumph; redemption, salvation; resurrection of Jesus; means of achieving spiritual victory; reward for or token of perseverance in a spiritual struggle”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman victorie and Old French victorie, a variant of victoire (“victory, win”) (modern French victoire), from Latin victōria (“victory”), from victor (“champion, winner, victor; conqueror, vanquisher”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to contain, envelop; to overcome”)) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). The English word is analysable as victor + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state), and displaced Middle English siȝe, sye.
The interjection is derived from the noun.
Cognates
Cognate with French victoire, Italian vittoria, Portuguese vitoria, Spanish victoria, Romanian victorie.
Tamil வெற்றி (veṟṟi) (pronounced roughly like "vetri") is a false cognate.

## Easily confused with
- **Viktor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/victory-vs-viktor)
- **victor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/victor-vs-victory)
- **vector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vector-vs-victory)
- **Victoria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/victoria-vs-victory)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ivctory`, `vcitory`, `vicctory`, `vicotry`, `victorry`, `victoryy`, `victoyr`, `victroy`, `victtory`, `vitcory`, `vvictory`

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