vida

Name: vida, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈbið̞a]

/[ˈbið̞a]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“vida” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #82. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#82
frequency rank, Spanish: 1,793
“V” headwords: 6
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Estado que precede a la muerte y sigue al nacimiento de los seres orgánicos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-vida · vida · Spanish

vida · rank #82 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-CORE #82
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 6 variants
BOOK-MID 1,793
PHOTO-FINISH ver

Nearest frequency peer: ver (-1 rank slots)

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.

mucho

99,922
tan

99,921
ver

99,920
vida

99,919
e

99,918
ese

99,917

What this shows “vida” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vida vs vio

50% similar

vida vs VIH

0% similar

vida vs vil

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vida
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)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “vida”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.vidacae aquí:

#82

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “ver” (#81), “e” (#83), “tan” (#80). Entre 1,793 lemas con “V”, “vida” va en #82. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around vida (IPA [ˈbið̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #82 among 1,793 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

1
Estado que precede a la muerte y sigue al nacimiento de los seres orgánicos.
2
Tiempo entre el nacimiento y la muerte de un ser orgánico.
3
Duración, real o esperada, del funcionamiento correcto de un objeto.
4
Duración de una moda, de la existencia de una organización, de una serie televisiva, etc.
5
Conjunto de seres vivos de un lugar.
6
Persona amada.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vida appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

lo mejor de la vida.
Lo encontraron con vida ayer, en estado crítico y deshidratado.

This word in other languages

life(English)vie(Français)Leben(Deutsch)vida(Português)

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.

Edit distance from "vida"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vida"?

"vida" is spelled V-I-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbið̞a].

What does "vida" mean?

As a noun, "vida" means: Estado que precede a la muerte y sigue al nacimiento de los seres orgánicos.

What words are commonly confused with "vida"?

"vida" is commonly confused with "vio", "VIH", "vil". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "vida"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vida" is [ˈbið̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "vida" come from?

"vida" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vida", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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