perdre la vie
\pɛʁdʁ la vi\
The verdict
“perdre la vie” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mourir de manière accidentelle.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perdre la vie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pɛʁdʁ la vi\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perdre la vie” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for perdre la vie is 13 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \pɛʁdʁ la vi\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Mourir de manière accidentelle.".
No misspelling variants are generated for perdre la vie in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is perdre la vie, spelled P-E-R-D-R-E- -L-A- -V-I-E.
Definition
- 1Mourir de manière accidentelle.
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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 “perdre la vie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-E-R-D-R-E- -L-A- -V-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \pɛʁdʁ la 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.