belive
/bɪˈlaɪv/
"belive" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“belive” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,337. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,337
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To remain, stay.
Corpus desk
Index EN-belive · belive · English
belive · rank #37,337 · 8 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,337
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH batty
Nearest frequency peer: batty (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “belive”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- barked
barked
62,668 corpus weight
- barrack
barrack
62,667 corpus weight
- batty
batty
62,665 corpus weight
- belive
belive
62,664 corpus weight
- bellow
bellow
62,663 corpus weight
- belvedere
belvedere
62,662 corpus weight
What this shows “belive” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | belive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /bɪˈlaɪv/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #37,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “belive”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around belive (IPA /bɪˈlaɪv/), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,337 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "To remain, stay.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for belive, with forms such as "bbelive", "beilve", and "believ". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "belle", "blige", "beside", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English beliven, from Old English belīfan (“to remain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilīban, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”). Cognate with West Frisian bliuwe (… The correct English form is belive, spelled B-E-L-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1To remain, stay.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how belive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… God helpe me so, the best is thus to done. “Rise, let us speake of lustie life in Troy That we have lad, and forth the time drive, And eke of time coming us rejoy, That bringen shall our blisse now to blive, …"
So there bleveth no more, but I that am servant to the spirit, may lie down and die. In which death I glorify myself, but I am greatly troubled in my mind, that my riches which I had ordained to God be wasted and spent in foul things.
Etymology
From Middle English beliven, from Old English belīfan (“to remain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilīban, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”). Cognate with West Frisian bliuwe (“to stay”), Dutch blijven (“to remain”), German bleiben (“to remain”), Danish blive (“to be, remain”). More at leave.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbelive
- beilve
- believ
- belivve
- bellive
- belvie
- bleive
- eblive
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of belive - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).