vivravsvivrezWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“vivra” and “vivrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#17,309
“vivra” frequency rank
#47,681
“vivrez” frequency rank
64990
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vivra vivrez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de vivre. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de vivre.

Where the eye mixes vivra and vivrez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vivra runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against vivrez's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
vivra
6 ch
vivrez

Why the eye confuses vivra with vivrez

A purely visual mix-up. vivra (\vi.vʁa\) and vivrez (\vi.vʁe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64990, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vivra is recorded at frequency rank #17,309, classified as averb, pronounced \vi.vʁa\. vivrez is at rank #47,681, tagged as averb, pronounced \vi.vʁe\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 64990, this pair ranks #74,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vivra vs vivrez

Shared letters: irv. Private to "vivra": a. Private to "vivrez": ez.

"vivra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "vivrez" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vivraivvra · virva · vivar · vivrra · vivvra · vvira · vvivra
  • vivrezivvrez · virvez · viverz · vivrezz · vivrrez · vivrze · vivvrez · vvivrez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vivra" and "vivrez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\vi.vʁa\ versus \vi.vʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "vivra" or "vivrez" show up more?
"vivra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,309 in our French list, against #47,681 for "vivrez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vivra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vivrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vivra" and "vivrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vivrai vs vivrez". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #74,410 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list