# vie vs ville

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### vie
*verb · IPA /vaɪ/ · frequency rank #18,456*
To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.

### ville
*noun · IPA /ˈvɪl/ · frequency rank #24,353*
A Vietnamese village.

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