vivace

\vi.vas\

/\vi.vas\/ adj

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The verdict

“vivace” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,734. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,734
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a une grande vitalité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vivace · vivace · French

vivace · rank #22,734 · 8 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,734
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH visités

Nearest frequency peer: visités (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « vivace »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « vivace » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vivace vs vive
67% similar
vivace vs vivre
67% similar
vivace vs vivant
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vivace
PropertyValue
Headwordvivace
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vi.vas\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,734
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vivace »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vivacese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « visités » (#22,733), « vraisemblable » (#22,735), « vingts » (#22,732). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vivace » est au #22,734. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around vivace (IPA \vi.vas\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,734 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for vivace, with forms such as "ivvace", "viavce", and "vivacce". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "vive", "vivre", "vivant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vivace, spelled V-I-V-A-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a une grande vitalité.
  2. 2
    Ce qui est de longue durée ou difficile à détruire.
  3. 3
    Se dit d’une plante vivant plus de deux ans et capable de produire plusieurs floraisons.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il semble que la tradition politique de la classe ouvrière européenne soit encore vivace dans certains pays, alors qu’elle est étouffée en Amérique, où pourtant aussi elle a existé.
  2. Chez les possédants, l'agitation sociale réveille une vieille hantise particulièrement vivace chez les bourgeois français : la peur de l'ouvrier.

Synonyms

pérenne

This word in other languages

vivacious(English)vivaz(Español)lebhaft(Deutsch)vivaz(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivvace
  • viavce
  • vivacce
  • vivaec
  • vivcae
  • vivvace
  • vviace
  • vvivace

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vivace - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ivvace2viavce2vivacce1vivaec2vivcae2vivvace1vviace2vvivace1
Edit distance from "vivace"

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 "vivace"?
"vivace" is spelled V-I-V-A-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.vas\.
What does "vivace" mean?
As an adjective, "vivace" means: Qui a une grande vitalité.
What words are commonly confused with "vivace"?
"vivace" is commonly confused with "vive", "vivre", "vivant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vivace"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vivace" is \vi.vas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vivace" come from?
"vivace" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vingts#22,732égaler#22,741tombez#22,722sushis#22,714

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

vassaux8 variantsaffiner8 variantssujette8 variantsassumée8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list