vivable

\vi.vabl\

/\vi.vabl\/ adj

The verdict

“vivable” is uncommon French (frequency #52,425 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,425
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Supportable ; agréable à vivre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vivable · vivable · French

vivable · rank #52,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,425
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH viscères

Nearest frequency peer: viscères (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « vivable »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « vivable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vivable
PropertyValue
Headwordvivable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vi.vabl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,425
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vivable » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.vivabletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « viscères » (#52,424), « vivi » (#52,426), « virant » (#52,423). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vivable » est au #52,425. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vivable is uncommon French at frequency #52,425 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vi.vabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Supportable ; agréable à vivre.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vivable, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vivable, spelled V-I-V-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Supportable ; agréable à vivre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les contemporains de Napoléon et les historiens sont d'accord sur un point : tout prouve que, durant les six premiers mois de sa souveraineté elboise, Napoléon était résigné à son sort et l'Europe n'avait donc rien à craindre ; encore eut-il été politique et raisonnable, si l'on souhaitait que cela durât, d'en être convaincu et de maintenir une situation…
  2. Je sais que je ne suis pas normale. Que ce n’est pas vivable pour les autres. Que je retombe toujours.

Antonyms

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vivable"?
"vivable" is spelled V-I-V-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.vabl\.
What does "vivable" mean?
As an adjective, "vivable" means: Supportable ; agréable à vivre.
How do you pronounce "vivable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vivable" is \vi.vabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vivable" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vivable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list