vivir
[biˈβ̞iɾ]
The verdict
“vivir” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #464 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #464
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tener vida.
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 | vivir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [biˈβ̞iɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vivir” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for vivir is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [biˈβ̞iɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #464 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for vivir, with forms such as "bibir", "ivvir", and "viivr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vivo", "vivos", "vivís", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is vivir, spelled V-I-V-I-R.
Definition
- 1Tener vida.
- 2Tener su residencia y desarrollar sus actividades en un lugar determinado.
- 3Permanecer alguien haciendo o siendo algo durante largo tiempo.
- 4Permanecer algo en el tiempo.
- 5Tener un estilo de vida.
- 6Tener un comportamiento permanente.
- 7Satisfacer las necesidades diarias.
- 8Acompañado de la preposición de, denota un medio de subsistencia.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bibir,ivvir,viivr,vivirr,vivri,vivvir,vviir,vvivir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vivir - 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 “vivir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-I-V-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [biˈβ̞iɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “vivo” - see the side-by-side comparison. vivir vs vivo
- 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.