du vivant de
The verdict
“du vivant de” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ou Au cours de la période durant laquelle la personne dont on parle est vivante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-du-vivant-de · du vivant de · French
du vivant de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | du vivant de |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « du vivant de » en français
Rare enough to double-check
du vivant de is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as apreposition. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ou Au cours de la période durant laquelle la personne dont on parle est vivante.".
No misspelling variants are generated for du vivant de in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is du vivant de, spelled D-U- -V-I-V-A-N-T- -D-E.
Definition
- 1ou Au cours de la période durant laquelle la personne dont on parle est vivante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how du vivant de appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Art. 724. Le mari du vivant de la femme, de même que la femme du vivant du mari, ne peut réclamer la délivrance de la réserve sauf le cas de la condamnation de l’un des époux à une peine emportant privation des droits de condition.
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.