joie de vivre
/ˌʒwɑ də ˈviv(ɹə)/
"joie-de-vivre" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“joie de vivre” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Enjoyment of living; happiness, ebullience, zest for life.
Corpus desk
Index EN-joie-de-vivre · joie de vivre · English
joie de vivre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | joie de vivre |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌʒwɑ də ˈviv(ɹə)/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “joie de vivre” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
joie de vivre is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌʒwɑ də ˈviv(ɹə)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enjoyment of living; happiness, ebullience, zest for life.".
joie de vivre has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French joie de vivre (literally “joy of living”). The correct English form is joie de vivre, spelled J-O-I-E- -D-E- -V-I-V-R-E.
Definition
- 1Enjoyment of living; happiness, ebullience, zest for life.
Etymology
Borrowed from French joie de vivre (literally “joy of living”).
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.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.