vida
[ˈbið̞a]
The verdict
“vida” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #82 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #82
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Estado que precede a la muerte y sigue al nacimiento de los seres orgánicos.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vida |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbið̞a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #82 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vida” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for vida is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbið̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #82 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for vida, with forms such as "bida", "ivda", and "vdia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vio", "VIH", "vil", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is vida, spelled V-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1Estado que precede a la muerte y sigue al nacimiento de los seres orgánicos.
- 2Tiempo entre el nacimiento y la muerte de un ser orgánico.
- 3Duración, real o esperada, del funcionamiento correcto de un objeto.
- 4Duración de una moda, de la existencia de una organización, de una serie televisiva, etc.
- 5Conjunto de seres vivos de un lugar.
- 6Persona amada.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bida,ivda,vdia,viad,vidda,vvida
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vida - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “vida”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-I-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbið̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “vio” - see the side-by-side comparison. vida vs vio
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
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.