vivo
[ˈbiβ̞o]
The verdict
“vivo” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #651 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #651
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dice de lo que tiene vida, en oposición a lo que está muerto.
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 | vivo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈbiβ̞o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vivo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for vivo is 4 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbiβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #651 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 9 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 vivo, with forms such as "bibo", "ivvo", and "viov". 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, "voto", "vivos", "vi", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is vivo, spelled V-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1Se dice de lo que tiene vida, en oposición a lo que está muerto.
- 2Que continúa vigente en la memoria o físicamente.
- 3Del fuego o las llamas: que continúa ardiendo.
- 4Lleno de vida, enérgico.
- 5Que tiene fuerza o intensidad.
- 6Perspicaz o ingenioso.
- 7Astuto, que sabe aprovechar las circunstancias para el propio beneficio.
- 8Que actúa de manera poco considerada, poco ética o demasiado atrevida en beneficio propio.
- 9Dicho de una persona: que actúa de manera desconsiderada en beneficio propio.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bibo,ivvo,viov,vivvo,vvio,vvivo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vivo - 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 “vivo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-I-V-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbiβ̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “voto” - see the side-by-side comparison. vivo vs voto
- 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.