délibération

/\de.li.be.ʁa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,250

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

délibération is aFrenchnoun. It means: Étude collective et argumentée d'une question en vue d'arriver à une décision. Pronounced \de.li.be.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with délibérations.

Key facts for délibération
PropertyValue
Headworddélibération
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\de.li.be.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#14,250
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of délibération in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for délibération is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \de.li.be.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,250 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for délibération, with forms such as "ddélibération", "deliberation", and "dléibération". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "délibérations", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is délibération, spelled D-É-L-I-B-É-R-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Étude collective et argumentée d'une question en vue d'arriver à une décision.
  2. 2
    Décision prise par une assemblée, un conseil, etc.
  3. 3
    Réflexion personnelle pesant divers arguments et devant déboucher sur une marche à suivre.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddélibération,deliberation,dléibération,déilbération,délbiération,délibbération,délibréation,délibéartion,délibéraiton,délibératino,délibérationn,délibératoin,délibérattion,délibérration,délibértaion,déliébration,déllibération,édlibération

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for délibération

Misspelling Variants of "délibération"

ddélibération13deliberation12dléibération12déilbération12délbiération12délibbération13délibréation12délibéartion12
Misspelling Variants of "délibération"

Frequency rank: #14,250 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "délibération"?
"délibération" is spelled D-É-L-I-B-É-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \de.li.be.ʁa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "délibération" mean?
As a noun, "délibération" means: Étude collective et argumentée d'une question en vue d'arriver à une décision.
What words are commonly confused with "délibération"?
"délibération" is commonly confused with "délibérations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "délibération"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "délibération" is \de.li.be.ʁa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "délibération" come from?
"délibération" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.