live stream
/ˈlaɪv ˈstɹiːm/noun, verb
live stream is spelled L-I-V-E-S-T-R-E-A-M: 10 letters. People search “live-stream vs livestream” about 30 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, live stream means “A real-time broadcast of audio or video over the Internet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of live stream is live streams.
How many letters and syllables are in live stream?
| Letters | 10: L-I-V-E-S-T-R-E-A-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce live stream?
- /ˈlaɪv ˈstɹiːm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-live_stream.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with live stream
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: livestream (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of live stream
- live streams plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- livestream
- live streaming participle, present
- live streamed participle, past
- live-streams present, singular, he/she/it
- live-streaming participle, present
- live-streamed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does live stream mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A real-time broadcast of audio or video over the Internet.
The concert was transmitted via satellite and live stream.
verb
- 1
Alternative form of livestream.
verb
- 1
Alternative form of livestream.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Live stream in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Internet broadcast:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | diffusion en direct, livestream m stream, live |
| German | Livestream |
| Portuguese | direto, livestream, stream, live |
| Spanish | directo, emisión en directo, transmisión en vivo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.