mémoire vive
\me.mwaʁ viv\
The verdict
“mémoire vive” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble de personnes encore vivantes témoins d’un événement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mémoire vive |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.mwaʁ viv\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mémoire vive” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mémoire vive is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \me.mwaʁ viv\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
mémoire vive doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mémoire vive, spelled M-É-M-O-I-R-E- -V-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Ensemble de personnes encore vivantes témoins d’un événement.
- 2Mémoire dont le contenu peut être modifié en usage normal.
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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.
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Using “mémoire vive”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-É-M-O-I-R-E- -V-I-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \me.mwaʁ viv\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.