# vivid

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈvɪvɪd/ · frequency rank #10,478

## Definitions
1. Clear, detailed, or powerful.
2. Bright, intense, or colourful.
3. Full of life; strikingly alive.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **void** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vivid-vs-void)
- **Vivien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vivid-vs-vivien)
- **vividly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vivid-vs-vividly)
- **vid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vid-vs-vivid)
- **Viv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viv-vs-vivid)
- **viva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viva-vs-vivid)
- **vive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vive-vs-vivid)
- **visit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/visit-vs-vivid)
- **valid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valid-vs-vivid)
- **vigil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vigil-vs-vivid)
- **Vivek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vivek-vs-vivid)
- **Vinod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vinod-vs-vivid)
- **Vivian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vivian-vs-vivid)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ivvid`, `viivd`, `vivdi`, `vividd`, `vivvid`, `vviid`, `vvivid`

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