durée de vie
\dy.ʁe də vi\
The verdict
“durée 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 September 3, 2026) - Période durant laquelle un appareil ou un ustensile, est fonctionnel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-duree-de-vie · durée de vie · French
durée de vie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | durée de vie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \dy.ʁe də vi\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
durée de vie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \dy.ʁe də vi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for durée de vie, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is durée de vie, spelled D-U-R-É-E- -D-E- -V-I-E.
Definition
- 1Période durant laquelle un appareil ou un ustensile, est fonctionnel.
- 2Longévité d'une personne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how durée de vie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’essart ne permet d'obtenir que quelques récoltes, avant de disparaître sans que l'on ait pu réellement prévoir sa durée de vie ou ses résultats agronomiques.
— La période de fécondation est limitée au temps de vie des gamètes; l’ovocyte a une durée de vie de 24 heures et le spermatozoïde de 48 à 72 heures.
Synonyms
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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.