style de vie

\stil də vi\

/\stil də vi\/ noun

The verdict

“style de vie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manière de vivre — d’être et de penser — d’une personne ou d’un groupe d’individus. C’est son comportement quotidien, sa façon de vivre autour et pour certaines valeurs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-style-de-vie · style de vie · French

style de vie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for style de vie
PropertyValue
Headwordstyle de vie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\stil də vi\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « style de vie » en français

style de viesiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

style de vie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \stil də vi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for style de vie, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is style de vie, spelled S-T-Y-L-E- -D-E- -V-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manière de vivre — d’être et de penser — d’une personne ou d’un groupe d’individus. C’est son comportement quotidien, sa façon de vivre autour et pour certaines valeurs.
  2. 2
    Façon dont une personne ou un groupe vit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On pourrait multiplier les exemples d’amélioration qualitative du style de vie par la technologie, où le progrès réalisé est disproportionné à l'investissement économique nécessaire. La pilule supprime les frustrations et les aléas du coït interrompu.

Synonyms

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "style de vie"?
"style de vie" is spelled S-T-Y-L-E- -D-E- -V-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \stil də vi\.
What does "style de vie" mean?
As a noun, "style de vie" means: Manière de vivre — d’être et de penser — d’une personne ou d’un groupe d’individus. C’est son comportement quotidien, sa façon de vivre autour et pour certaines valeurs.
How do you pronounce "style de vie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "style de vie" is \stil də vi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "style de vie" come from?
"style de vie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list