freedom
/ˈfɹiː.dəm/
"freedom" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“freedom” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,454 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,454
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being free.
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 | freedom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfɹiː.dəm/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “freedom” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for freedom is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfɹiː.dəm/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,454 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for freedom, with forms such as "feredom", "ffreedom", and "fredeom". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "freedoms", "freed", "Fredo", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English fredom, freedom, from Old English frēodōm (“freedom, state of free-will, charter, emancipation, deliverance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frijadōm (“freedom”). Equivalent to free + -dom. Cognate with North Frisian fridoem (“freedom”), Dut… The correct English form is freedom, spelled F-R-E-E-D-O-M.
Definition
- 1The state of being free.
- 2The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.
- 3The right or privilege of unrestricted use or access
- 4Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
- 5Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum.
Etymology
From Middle English fredom, freedom, from Old English frēodōm (“freedom, state of free-will, charter, emancipation, deliverance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frijadōm (“freedom”). Equivalent to free + -dom. Cognate with North Frisian fridoem (“freedom”), Dutch vrijdom (“freedom”), Low German frīdom (“freedom”), Middle High German vrītuom (“freedom”), Norwegian fridom (“freedom”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: feredom,ffreedom,fredeom,fredom,freeddom,freedmo,freedomm,freeodm,frreedom,rfeedom
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of freedom - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “freedom”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-R-E-E-D-O-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfɹiː.dəm/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “freedoms” - see the side-by-side comparison. freedom vs freedoms
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.