English pronunciation
How to pronounce “alive”
Phonetic spelling
uh-LIVE
IPA /əˈɫaɪv/
Syllable stress
uh·live
Stress falls on the highlighted syllable.
How do you spell “alive”?
a l i v e
“alive” is spelled A-L-I-V-E. It is pronounced uh-LIVE, so the spelling and the sound do not match letter for letter. Listen to the audio above and say it aloud while you read the letters.
Hear it in a sentence
I'm so glad to be alive after that accident.
The cat was barely alive when we found it.