# livelihood

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlaɪvlihʊd/ · frequency rank #16,743

## Definitions
1. A means of providing the necessities of life for oneself (for example, a job or income).
2. Property which brings in an income; an estate.
3. Liveliness; appearance of life.
4. The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour.

## Etymology
From Middle English liflode, from Old English līflād (“course of life, conduct”), from līf (“life”) + lād (“course, journey”), later altered under the influence of lively, -hood. Compare life, lode.

## Easily confused with
- **likelihood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/likelihood-vs-livelihood)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ilvelihood`, `lievlihood`, `liveilhood`, `livelhiood`, `livelihhood`, `livelihod`, `livelihodo`, `livelihoodd`, `liveliohod`, `livellihood`, `livleihood`, `livvelihood`, `llivelihood`, `lvielihood`

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