blive
/blaɪv/verb
blive is spelled B-L-I-V-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, blive means “Alternative form of belive ("to remain")” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in blive?
| Letters | 5: B-L-I-V-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 93 million words; the 309,272nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is blive?
Blive appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce blive?
- /blaɪv/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-blive.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of blive
- blives present, singular, he/she/it
- bliving participle, present
- blove past
- bliven participle, past
- more blive comparative
- most blive superlative
- belive
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blive mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
Alternative form of belive ("to remain").
adverb
- 1
obsoletequickly; forthwith
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does blive come from?
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).