ad libitum
\ad li.bi.tɔm\
The verdict
“ad libitum” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - À volonté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ad-libitum · ad libitum · French
ad libitum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ad libitum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ad li.bi.tɔm\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ad libitum » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ad libitum is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ad li.bi.tɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ad libitum in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ad libitum, spelled A-D- -L-I-B-I-T-U-M.
Definition
- 1À volonté.
- 2Au gré de l’exécutant.
- 3Sans limitation de l’alimentation, jusqu’à plus soif, à profusion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ad libitum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Prenez celui des deux partis qui vous plaira, c’est ad libitum.
Un peu partout ad libitum, des bibelots, des tableaux, statuettes et autres objets d’art.
Antonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.