# vigour

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvɪɡə/ · frequency rank #34,339

## Definitions
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.
3. Strength; efficacy; potency.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **visor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vigour-vs-visor)
- **Vigo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vigo-vs-vigour)
- **vigor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vigor-vs-vigour)
- **valour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valour-vs-vigour)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ivgour`, `vgiour`, `viggour`, `vigoru`, `vigourr`, `viguor`, `viogur`, `vvigour`

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