viver
/vi.ˈveɾ/
The verdict
“viver” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #577. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #577
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ter vida; existir
Corpus desk
Index PT-viver · viver · Portuguese
viver · rank #577 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #577
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH vale
Nearest frequency peer: vale (-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 “viver”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- sucesso
sucesso
99,427 corpus weight
- trabalhar
trabalhar
99,426 corpus weight
- vale
vale
99,425 corpus weight
- viver
viver
99,424 corpus weight
- capital
capital
99,422 corpus weight
- cima
cima
99,421 corpus weight
What this shows “viver” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | viver |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /vi.ˈveɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #577 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “viver”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around viver (IPA /vi.ˈveɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #577 among 501 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for viver, with forms such as "ivver", "vievr", and "viverr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vivo", "vivi", "ver", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is viver, spelled V-I-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1ter vida; existir
- 2continuar existindo; permanecer, perdurar
- 3residir
- 4aproveitar (da vida) o que há de melhor
- 5ter por alimento
- 6conviver
- 7obter a subsistência
- 8levar (a vida)
- 9vivenciar (determinada experiência)
- 10representar (em teatro, cinema etc.)
- 11entregar-se incondicionalmente a
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how viver appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O menino cresce em desamparo, é explorado por policiais, fracassa a cada tentativa de viver com um mínimo de dignidade, até o esperado fim trágico.
"Onde é que a gente vai viver?”, indaga Avelino Cordeiro dos Santos, de 58 anos, pai de Joice.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ivver
- vievr
- viverr
- vivre
- vivver
- vvier
- vviver
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of viver - 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.
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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "viver", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).