vivacious
/vaɪˈveɪ.ʃəs/adjective
vivacious is spelled V-I-V-A-C-I-O-U-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, vivacious means “Lively and animated; full of life and energy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in vivacious?
| Letters | 9: V-I-V-A-C-I-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is vivacious?
Vivacious appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th 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 vivacious?
- /vaɪˈveɪ.ʃəs/
- /vəˈveɪ.ʃəs/
- /vɪˈveɪ.ʃəs/
Vivacious has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-vivacious.ogg, En-us-vivacious-2.ogg, En-au-vivacious.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vivacious
- more vivacious comparative
- most vivacious superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vivacious mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Lively and animated; full of life and energy.
- 2
obsoleteLong-lived.
- 3
rareDifficult to kill.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vivacious in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 vivacious come from?
From Latin vīvāx (“lively, vigorous”) + -acious, from vīvere (“to live”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).