vivevsVizeTell them apart

Quick tell: vive is a verb, Vize is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vive” is a verb and “Vize” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,878
“vive” frequency rank
#8,003
“Vize” frequency rank
45881
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vive Vize
Definition Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs viver (unabhängig von Person und Numerus) Stellvertreter

Letter map: vive vs Vize

Shared letters muted; letters that set vive and Vize apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
vive
4 ch
Vize

Role in the sentence - vive and Vize

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vive is averb and Vizeanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - v in “vive” becomes z in “Vize”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vive is recorded at frequency rank #37,878, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Vize is at rank #8,003, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfiːt͡sə].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 45881, this pair ranks #1,337,958 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vive vs Vize

Shared letters: eiv. Private to "vive": -. Private to "Vize": z.

"vive" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Vize" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • viveivve · viev · vivve · vvie · vvive
  • Vizeivze · viez · vizze · vvize · vzie

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vive" for "Vize" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vive" is a verb and "Vize" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "vive" or "Vize" show up more?
"Vize" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,003 in our German list, against #37,878 for "vive". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "vive" and "Vize".

  • Full dictionary entry for "vive" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Vize" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,337,958 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vive" and "Vize" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs vive". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,337,958 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list