# vim

> English word · Noun · IPA /vɪm/ · frequency rank #42,480

## Definitions
1. Ready vitality and vigour.

## Etymology
Possibly from Latin vim, accusative singular of vīs (“force, power, strength; (New Latin) energy, force”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”); compare English vis); but perhaps a modern expressive formation.

## Easily confused with
- **VR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vr)
- **VP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vp)
- **VW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vw)
- **Vu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vu)
- **VM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vm)
- **vo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vo)
- **VN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vn)
- **VX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vx)
- **vol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vol)
- **VIP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vip)
- **vow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vow)
- **vis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vis)
- **VPN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vpn)
- **vox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vox)
- **Vos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vos)
- **Viv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-viv)
- **VoD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vod)
- **VOC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-voc)
- **vor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vor)
- **VPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vim-vs-vps)

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