délibérer

\de.li.be.ʁe\

/\de.li.be.ʁe\/ verb

The verdict

“délibérer” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,295. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,295
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se livrer à un examen approfondi à propos d’une question.

Corpus desk

Index FR-deliberer · délibérer · French

délibérer · rank #37,295 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,295
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH délabrement

Nearest frequency peer: délabrement (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « délibérer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « délibérer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

délibérer vs délirer
78% similar
délibérer vs délivrer
78% similar
délibérer vs délibéré
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for délibérer
PropertyValue
Headworddélibérer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\de.li.be.ʁe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,295
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « délibérer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.délibérerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « délabrement » (#37,294), « dépositions » (#37,296), « déjanté » (#37,293). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « délibérer » est au #37,295. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around délibérer (IPA \de.li.be.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,295 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for délibérer, with forms such as "ddélibérer", "deliberer", and "dléibérer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "délirer", "délivrer", "délibéré", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is délibérer, spelled D-É-L-I-B-É-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se livrer à un examen approfondi à propos d’une question.
  2. 2
    Se livrer avec d’autres personnes à un examen approfondi à propos d’une question.
  3. 3
    Décider le résultat de cet examen approfondi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how délibérer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il a longtemps délibéré sur ce qu’il devait faire.
  2. Je ne me déciderai pas à cela avant d’avoir mûrement délibéré.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddélibérer
  • deliberer
  • dléibérer
  • déilbérer
  • délbiérer
  • délibbérer
  • délibréer
  • délibéerr
  • délibérerr
  • délibérre
  • délibérrer
  • déliébrer
  • déllibérer
  • édlibérer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of délibérer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddélibérer1deliberer2dléibérer2déilbérer2délbiérer2délibbérer1délibréer2délibéerr2
Edit distance from "délibérer"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "délibérer"?
"délibérer" is spelled D-É-L-I-B-É-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \de.li.be.ʁe\.
What does "délibérer" mean?
As a verb, "délibérer" means: Se livrer à un examen approfondi à propos d’une question.
What words are commonly confused with "délibérer"?
"délibérer" is commonly confused with "délirer", "délivrer", "délibéré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "délibérer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "délibérer" is \de.li.be.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "délibérer" come from?
"délibérer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "délibérer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list