double vie
\du.blə vi\
The verdict
“double 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Seconde vie que l’on mène cachée aux yeux de ses proches.
Corpus desk
Index FR-double-vie · double vie · French
double vie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | double vie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \du.blə vi\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “double vie” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
double vie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \du.blə vi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Seconde vie que l’on mène cachée aux yeux de ses proches.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for double vie, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is double vie, spelled D-O-U-B-L-E- -V-I-E.
Definition
- 1Seconde vie que l’on mène cachée aux yeux de ses proches.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how double vie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce qui le révoltait et le fascinait à la fois, c’est l’aisance avec laquelle elle avait menti et mené cette double vie.
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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