vigour
vi·gor/ˈvɪɡɚ/noun
vigour is spelled V-I-G-O-U-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (vi·gor). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “vigor vs vigour” about 90 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, vigour means “Active strength or force of body or mind; a capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of vigour is vigours.
How many letters and syllables are in vigour?
| Letters | 6: V-I-G-O-U-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: vi·gor |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,063rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is vigour?
Vigour appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd 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 vigour?
- UK /ˈvɪɡə/
- US /ˈvɪɡɚ/
Vigour has 2 syllables, split vi·gor in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-vigour.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with vigour
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: vigor.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with vigour?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as vigour from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɡəɹ/):
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 vigour
- vigours plural
- vigor
- vygour
- vigger
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vigour mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Active strength or force of body or mind; a capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
- 2
Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.
A plant grows with vigour.
- 3
Strength; efficacy; potency.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vigour in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | force, vigueur , énergie |
| German | Ausdruckskraft, Energie, Leidenschaftlichkeit |
| Portuguese | vigor |
| Spanish | vigor, vivacidad , fuerza, energía , lozanía |
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 vigour come from?
From Middle English vigour, from Old French vigour, from vigor, from Latin vigor, from vigeō (“thrive, flourish”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be lively”). Related to vigil, vegetable, vajra, and waker.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).