cycle de vie
\si.klə də vi\
The verdict
“cycle de vie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Période de temps pendant laquelle se déroule une succession de phases qui composent la vie complète d'un organisme vivant par reproduction.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cycle de vie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \si.klə də vi\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cycle de vie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cycle de vie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \si.klə də vi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for cycle de vie in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cycle de vie, spelled C-Y-C-L-E- -D-E- -V-I-E.
Definition
- 1Période de temps pendant laquelle se déroule une succession de phases qui composent la vie complète d'un organisme vivant par reproduction.
- 2Période de temps pendant laquelle existe un produit.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cycle de vie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-Y-C-L-E- -D-E- -V-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \si.klə də vi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.