pour la vie
\puʁ la vi\
The verdict
“pour la vie” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - 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) - Pour toujours.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pour la vie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \puʁ la vi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pour la vie” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for pour la vie is 11 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \puʁ 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: "Pour toujours.".
pour la vie has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is pour la vie, spelled P-O-U-R- -L-A- -V-I-E.
Definition
- 1Pour toujours.
Synonyms
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 “pour la vie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is P-O-U-R- -L-A- -V-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \puʁ la vi\ (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.