vivify
/ˈvɪvɪfaɪ/
"vivify" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vivify” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To bring to life; to enliven.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vivify · vivify · English
vivify · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vivify |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈvɪvɪfaɪ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vivify” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vivify is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈvɪvɪfaɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
vivify doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Old French vivifier, from Late Latin vivificō. The correct English form is vivify, spelled V-I-V-I-F-Y.
Definition
- 1To bring to life; to enliven.
- 2To impart vitality to.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vivify appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She seemed molded from fire and air, and vivified at some Voltaic pile of August thunder-clouds heaped against the sunset.
Persephone, the life force which vivifies all in the spring time, producing the manifold harvests of earth, descends with Plouton to the under world in autumn.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French vivifier, from Late Latin vivificō.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.