mort-vivant
\mɔʁ.vi.vɑ̃\
The verdict
“mort-vivant” 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cadavre qui se meut comme s’il était animé.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mort-vivant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔʁ.vi.vɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mort-vivant” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mort-vivant is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔʁ.vi.vɑ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for mort-vivant in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mort-vivant, spelled M-O-R-T---V-I-V-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Cadavre qui se meut comme s’il était animé.
- 2Personne, homme ou femme, qui est si affaiblie qu’elle semble morte ou près de mourir.
- 3Personne très peu active.
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 “mort-vivant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-O-R-T---V-I-V-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɔʁ.vi.vɑ̃\ (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.