# vitality

> English word · Noun · IPA /vaɪˈtælɪti/ · frequency rank #17,055

## Definitions
1. The capacity to live and develop.
2. Energy or vigour.
3. That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.

## Etymology
From vital + -ity, from Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”), from vitalis (“vital”); see vital.

## Easily confused with
- **vitally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vitality-vs-vitally)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ivtality`, `viatlity`, `vitailty`, `vitalitty`, `vitalityy`, `vitaliyt`, `vitallity`, `vitaltiy`, `vitlaity`, `vittality`, `vtiality`, `vvitality`

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