# violent

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/ · frequency rank #3,269

## Definitions
1. Involving extreme force or motion.
2. Involving physical conflict.
3. Likely to use physical force.
4. Intensely vivid.
5. Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
6. Acute, extreme, sharp.

## Etymology
From Middle English violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”). Displaced native Old English stræc. For the verb, compare French violenter.

## Easily confused with
- **violet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/violent-vs-violet)
- **violin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/violent-vs-violin)
- **violins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/violent-vs-violins)
- **virulent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/violent-vs-virulent)
- **violently** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/violent-vs-violently)
- **Vincent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vincent-vs-violent)
- **violence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/violence-vs-violent)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ivolent`, `viloent`, `vioelnt`, `violennt`, `violentt`, `violetn`, `viollent`, `violnet`, `voilent`, `vviolent`

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