Lviv

\lviv\

/\lviv\/ name

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The verdict

“Lviv” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,719. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,719
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville d’Ukraine, ancienne capitale de la Galicie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-lviv · Lviv · French

Lviv · rank #45,719 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,719
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Luynes

Nearest frequency peer: Luynes (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lviv »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Lviv » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Lviv vs Li
50% similar
Lviv vs lv
25% similar
Lviv vs lui
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Lviv
PropertyValue
HeadwordLviv
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\lviv\
Letters4
Frequency rank#45,719
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Lviv »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Lvivse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Luynes » (#45,718), « léniniste » (#45,720), « lucratives » (#45,717). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Lviv » est au #45,719. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Lviv (IPA \lviv\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #45,719 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ville d’Ukraine, ancienne capitale de la Galicie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Lviv, with forms such as "livv", "llviv", and "lvivv". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Li", "lv", "lui", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Lviv, spelled L-V-I-V.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ville d’Ukraine, ancienne capitale de la Galicie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Lviv appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un brasseur de Lviv, en Ukraine, se plaît à donner une couleur politique à ses bières.
  2. Poignée de main entre Recep Tayyip Erdogan et Volodymyr Zelensky, le 18 août à Lviv (Ukraine).

This word in other languages

Lviv(English)Lemberg(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • livv
  • llviv
  • lvivv
  • lvvi
  • lvviv
  • vliv

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Lviv - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

livv2llviv1lvivv1lvvi2lvviv1vliv2
Edit distance from "Lviv"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lviv"?
"Lviv" is spelled L-V-I-V. The IPA pronunciation is \lviv\.
What does "Lviv" mean?
As a proper noun, "Lviv" means: Ville d’Ukraine, ancienne capitale de la Galicie.
What words are commonly confused with "Lviv"?
"Lviv" is commonly confused with "Li", "lv", "lui". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Lviv"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Lviv" is \lviv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Lviv" come from?
"Lviv" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Lviv", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

loth#45,714meuh#45,732mino#45,737Kobo#45,698

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

matou6 variantslater6 variantspubl6 variantsQing6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list