joie de vivre
\ʒwa də vivʁ\
The verdict
“joie de vivre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gaieté ou félicité profonde provenant du sentiment d’exister.
Corpus desk
Index FR-joie-de-vivre · joie de vivre · French
joie de vivre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | joie de vivre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʒwa də vivʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “joie de vivre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
joie de vivre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʒwa də vivʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gaieté ou félicité profonde provenant du sentiment d’exister.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for joie de vivre, 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is joie de vivre, spelled J-O-I-E- -D-E- -V-I-V-R-E.
Definition
- 1Gaieté ou félicité profonde provenant du sentiment d’exister.
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