# lives

> English word · Verb · IPA /lɪvz/ · frequency rank #748

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of live

## Easily confused with
- **love** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lives-vs-love)
- **Livy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lives-vs-livy)
- **loved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lives-vs-loved)
- **loves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lives-vs-loves)
- **lover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lives-vs-lover)
- **livin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lives-vs-livin)
- **livid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lives-vs-livid)
- **lovey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lives-vs-lovey)
- **Livia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lives-vs-livia)
- **lopes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lives-vs-lopes)
- **lovers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lives-vs-lovers)
- **lie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lie-vs-lives)
- **les** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/les-vs-lives)
- **Liv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liv-vs-lives)
- **lis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lis-vs-lives)
- **like** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/like-vs-lives)
- **life** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/life-vs-lives)
- **live** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/live-vs-lives)
- **line** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/line-vs-lives)
- **lies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lies-vs-lives)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ilves`, `lievs`, `livess`, `livse`, `livves`, `llives`, `lvies`

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