vivant

\vi.vɑ̃\

/\vi.vɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“vivant” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,688. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,688
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est doué de vie, qui est organisé de façon à vivre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vivant · vivant · French

vivant · rank #1,688 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,688
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH types

Nearest frequency peer: types (-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 « vivant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vivant » 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).

vivant vs vivent
83% similar
vivant vs voyant
67% similar
vivant vs volant
67% similar

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

Key facts for vivant
PropertyValue
Headwordvivant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vi.vɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,688
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vivant »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « types » (#1,687), « web » (#1,689), « tente » (#1,686). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vivant » est au #1,688. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around vivant (IPA \vi.vɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,688 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for vivant, with forms such as "ivvant", "viavnt", and "vivannt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vivent", "voyant", "volant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vivant, spelled V-I-V-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est doué de vie, qui est organisé de façon à vivre.
  2. 2
    Qui est en vie, qui n’est pas encore mort.
  3. 3
    Qui demeure, subsiste.
  4. 4
    Qui dérive d’une personne en vie.
  5. 5
    Qui est animé, vif.
  6. 6
    Exact.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La biologie étudie les organismes vivants.
  2. Un organisme vivant est un ensemble organisé de matière qui tend à maintenir l’état homéostatique par une utilisation concertée d’énergie.

Antonyms

inertemortmornevain

This word in other languages

living(English)vivo(Español)lebend(Deutsch)vivo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivvant
  • viavnt
  • vivannt
  • vivantt
  • vivatn
  • vivnat
  • vivvant
  • vviant
  • vvivant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vivant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ivvant2viavnt2vivannt1vivantt1vivatn2vivnat2vivvant1vviant2
Edit distance from "vivant"

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 "vivant"?
"vivant" is spelled V-I-V-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.vɑ̃\.
What does "vivant" mean?
As an adjective, "vivant" means: Qui est doué de vie, qui est organisé de façon à vivre.
What words are commonly confused with "vivant"?
"vivant" is commonly confused with "vivent", "voyant", "volant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vivant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vivant" is \vi.vɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vivant" come from?
"vivant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

baisse#1,693statut#1,683Claude#1,696Robert#1,676

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

collège9 variantsefforts9 variantshumaine9 variantspassant9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list