libera
\li.be.ʁa\
The verdict
“libera” is uncommon French (frequency #50,331 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,331
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prière que l’église fait pour les morts.
Corpus desk
Index FR-libera · libera · French
libera · rank #50,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,331
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH levons
Nearest frequency peer: levons (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « libera »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Lesotho
Lesotho
49,672 corpus weight
- levons
levons
49,671 corpus weight
- libera
libera
49,670 corpus weight
- libératrice
libératrice
49,669 corpus weight
- lignite
lignite
49,668 corpus weight
- lingot
lingot
49,667 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « libera » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | libera |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.be.ʁa\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « libera » en français
Rare enough to double-check
libera is uncommon French at frequency #50,331 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.be.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prière que l’église fait pour les morts.".
libera has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is libera, spelled L-I-B-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Prière que l’église fait pour les morts.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how libera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chanter un libera, le libera.
La messe était terminée, le libera chanté, l’absoute donnée. On remontait le cercueil sur le plateau, avec un gros bruit de caisses qui se rencontrent et le chœur, descendant les degrés, poussait l’antienne : « In paradisum deducant te angeli… »
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 "libera"?
What does "libera" mean?
How do you pronounce "libera"?
What language does "libera" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "libera", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).