vivid
/ˈvɪvɪd/adjective, noun
vivid is spelled V-I-V-I-D: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, vivid means “Clear, detailed, or powerful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in vivid?
| Letters | 5: V-I-V-I-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th 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 vivid?
Vivid appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th 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 vivid?
- /ˈvɪvɪd/
Vivid has 2 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-vivid.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vivid
- more vivid comparative
- vivider comparative
- most vivid superlative
- vividest superlative
- vivids plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vivid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Clear, detailed, or powerful.
- 2
Bright, intense, or colourful.
- 3
Full of life; strikingly alive.
noun
- 1
A felt-tipped permanent marker; a marker pen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vivid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vivide |
| German | lebendig, lebhaft, anschaulich |
| Portuguese | vívido , vivo |
| Spanish | vívido , vivo |
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 vivid come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”). The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from Bic's Vivid Marker brand.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).