viviez

\vi.vje\

/\vi.vje\/ verb

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The verdict

“viviez” is uncommon French (frequency #64,871 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,871
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de vivre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-viviez · viviez · French

viviez · rank #64,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,871
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH violenté

Nearest frequency peer: violenté (-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 « viviez »

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 « viviez » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for viviez
PropertyValue
Headwordviviez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vi.vje\
Letters6
Frequency rank#64,871
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « viviez » en français

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « violenté » (#64,870), « vlog » (#64,872), « veus » (#64,868). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « viviez » est au #64,871. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

viviez is uncommon French at frequency #64,871 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \vi.vje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for viviez, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is viviez, spelled V-I-V-I-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de vivre.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de vivre.

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 "viviez"?
"viviez" is spelled V-I-V-I-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.vje\.
What does "viviez" mean?
As a verb, "viviez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de vivre.
How do you pronounce "viviez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "viviez" is \vi.vje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "viviez" come from?
"viviez" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

yoruba#64,883âpreté#64,886triées#64,845étends#64,898

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list