freewill
adjective, noun
freewill is an adjective meaning “Voluntary, done of one's own accord” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-E-E-W-I-L-L, and it appears about once in every 6 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does freewill mean?
adjective
- 1
Voluntary, done of one's own accord.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of free will.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is freewill?
Freewill appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th 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).
Words people confuse with freewill
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: free-will (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Freewill in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Voluntary, done of one's own accord:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | freiwillig, aus freiem Willen |
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.