freedom
free·dom/ˈfɹi.dəm/noun, adjective
freedom is spelled F-R-E-E-D-O-M, 2 syllables: free·dom. The wrong spelling people search most is freedome: about 230 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 133 of all searches for the word. Freedom is a noun meaning “The state of being free”. The plural of freedom is freedoms.
How many letters and syllables are in freedom?
| Letters | 7: F-R-E-E-D-O-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: free·dom |
| In writing | 72 times per million words; the 1,457th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, freedome, about 230 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell freedom?
Freedom is spelled F-R-E-E-D-O-M. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 72 of the searches for freedom in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is freedom?
Freedom appears 72 times per million words in written English, the 1,457th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce freedom?
- UK /ˈfɹiːdəm/
- US /ˈfɹi.dəm/
- /ˈfɾi.dəm/
Freedom has 2 syllables, split free·dom in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-Freedom.wav, En-us-freedom.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of freedom
- freedoms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does freedom mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being free.
Having recently been released from prison, he didn't know what to do with his newfound freedom.
- 2
The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.
Freedom of speech is a basic democratic value.
- 3
The right or privilege of unrestricted use or access
Freedom of a city
- 4
Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
- 5
Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum.
adjective
- 1
American.
freedom units (nickname for Imperial system), freedom fries
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Freedom in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of not being imprisoned or enslaved:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does freedom come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).