vive

verb

The verdict

“vive” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,104. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,104
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo viver

Corpus desk

Index PT-vive · vive · Portuguese

vive · rank #1,104 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,104
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH usa

Nearest frequency peer: usa (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “vive”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “vive” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

vive vs você
25% similar
vive vs vivo
75% similar
vive vs vivi
75% similar

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

Key facts for vive
PropertyValue
Headwordvive
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,104
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “vive”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).vivecai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “usa” (#1,103), “século” (#1,102), “Americana” (#1,106). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “vive” fica em #1,104. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around vive, averb. Corpus frequency is #1,104 among 501 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for vive, with forms such as "ivve", "viev", and "vivve". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "você", "vivo", "vivi", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 Portuguese form is vive, spelled V-I-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo viver
  2. 2
    segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo do verbo viver

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Quem vive e convive este mundo por largos anos perde a acuidade da alma e dos sentidos para a piedade fraternal que se deve a semelhantes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivve
  • viev
  • vivve
  • vvie
  • vvive

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vive - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ivve2viev2vivve1vvie2vvive1
Edit distance from "vive"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vive"?
"vive" is spelled V-I-V-E.
What does "vive" mean?
As a verb, "vive" means: terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo viver
What words are commonly confused with "vive"?
"vive" is commonly confused with "você", "vivo", "vivi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "vive" come from?
"vive" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list