alive

\əˈlaɪv\

/\əˈlaɪv\/ adj

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The verdict

“alive” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,968. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,968
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En vie, vivant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-alive · alive · French

alive · rank #33,968 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,968
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH alouettes

Nearest frequency peer: alouettes (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « alive »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « alive » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

alive vs ave
60% similar
alive vs amie
60% similar
alive vs allé
40% similar

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

Key facts for alive
PropertyValue
Headwordalive
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\əˈlaɪv\
Letters5
Frequency rank#33,968
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « alive »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).alivese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « alouettes » (#33,969), « aimeras » (#33,966), « amnésique » (#33,970). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « alive » est au #33,968. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around alive (IPA \əˈlaɪv\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,968 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for alive, with forms such as "ailve", "aliev", and "alivve". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ave", "amie", "allé", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 French form is alive, spelled A-L-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    En vie, vivant.
  2. 2
    Vif (mort ou vif = dead or alive)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Good morning me Did you sleep well? (Yup) Did you wake up feeling good? Do the light and the wind and the smell and the sounds All seem like theyʼre brand new and fresh this morning? Is each and every cell in your whole body awake and alive now? Today, you are who you are today See?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ailve
  • aliev
  • alivve
  • allive
  • alvie
  • laive

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alive - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ailve2aliev2alivve1allive1alvie2laive2
Edit distance from "alive"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alive"?
"alive" is spelled A-L-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \əˈlaɪv\.
What does "alive" mean?
As an adjective, "alive" means: En vie, vivant.
What words are commonly confused with "alive"?
"alive" is commonly confused with "ave", "amie", "allé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "alive"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alive" is \əˈlaɪv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alive" come from?
"alive" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Artur#33,983œdipe#33,952Blitz#33,998bring#34,002

Similar misspelling depth

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

Sousse6 variantsdattes6 variantsdîme6 variantsProst6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list