espérance de vie
\ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s də vi\
The verdict
“espérance 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Durée de vie restante moyenne des personnes d’un groupe partageant des caractéristiques données (lieu de vie, sexe, etc.), qui représente la durée qu’une personne de ce groupe peut encore espérer v...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espérance de vie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s də vi\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “espérance de vie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
espérance de vie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s də vi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for espérance de vie, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is espérance de vie, spelled E-S-P-É-R-A-N-C-E- -D-E- -V-I-E.
Definition
- 1Durée de vie restante moyenne des personnes d’un groupe partageant des caractéristiques données (lieu de vie, sexe, etc.), qui représente la durée qu’une personne de ce groupe peut encore espérer vivre à un moment donné.
- 2Durée moyenne d’une situation existante.
- 3Durée moyenne de bon fonctionnement qu’un objet peut atteindre à partir d’un moment donné et selon des contraintes mécaniques données. référence nécessaire (résoudre le problème)
This word in other languages
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 “espérance de vie”
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- The one correct French spelling is E-S-P-É-R-A-N-C-E- -D-E- -V-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛs.pe.ʁɑ̃s 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.