vivos

/[ˈbiβ̞os]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,662

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

vivos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de vivo. Pronounced [ˈbiβ̞os]. It ranks #3,662 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with vos and votos.

Key facts for vivos
PropertyValue
Headwordvivos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbiβ̞os]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,662
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of vivos in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for vivos is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbiβ̞os]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,662 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de vivo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for vivos, with forms such as "bibos", "ivvos", and "viovs". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vos", "votos", "vio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is vivos, spelled V-I-V-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de vivo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bibos,ivvos,viovs,vivoss,vivso,vivvos,vvios,vvivos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vivos

Misspelling Variants of "vivos"

bibos5ivvos5viovs5vivoss6vivso5vivvos6vvios5vvivos6
Misspelling Variants of "vivos"

Frequency rank: #3,662 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vivos"?
"vivos" is spelled V-I-V-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbiβ̞os].
What does "vivos" mean?
As a noun, "vivos" means: Forma del plural de vivo.
What words are commonly confused with "vivos"?
"vivos" is commonly confused with "vos", "votos", "vio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vivos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vivos" is [ˈbiβ̞os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vivos" come from?
"vivos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.