libérale

\li.be.ʁal\

/\li.be.ʁal\/ adj

The verdict

“libérale” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,409. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,409
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de libéral.

Corpus desk

Index FR-liberale · libérale · French

libérale · rank #6,409 · 12 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,409
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH jolies

Nearest frequency peer: jolies (-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 « libérale »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « libérale » 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).

libérale vs libéré
63% similar
libérale vs liberté
50% similar
libérale vs libérée
75% similar

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

Key facts for libérale
PropertyValue
Headwordlibérale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\li.be.ʁal\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,409
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « libérale »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.libéralese 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 « jolies » (#6,408), « légion » (#6,410), « Jane » (#6,407). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « libérale » est au #6,409. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around libérale (IPA \li.be.ʁal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,409 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de libéral.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for libérale, with forms such as "ilbérale", "lbiérale", and "libbérale". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "libéré", "liberté", "libérée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is libérale, spelled L-I-B-É-R-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de libéral.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette érosion des droits du Québec fut poursuivie sous la bannière libérale de Louis St-Laurent et c’est hélas à l’Union nationale de Maurice Duplessis que le Québec doit d’avoir réussi à limiter les dégâts.
  2. "Dans la pensée libérale, nous considérons que vous devez être libre de penser et que vous restez responsables de votre vie, même dans des périodes particulièrement difficiles", ajoute la candidate.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilbérale
  • lbiérale
  • libbérale
  • liberale
  • libréale
  • libéarle
  • libérael
  • libéralle
  • libérlae
  • libérrale
  • liébrale
  • llibérale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of libérale - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ilbérale2lbiérale2libbérale1liberale1libréale2libéarle2libérael2libéralle1
Edit distance from "libérale"

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 "libérale"?
"libérale" is spelled L-I-B-É-R-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \li.be.ʁal\.
What does "libérale" mean?
As an adjective, "libérale" means: Féminin singulier de libéral.
What words are commonly confused with "libérale"?
"libérale" is commonly confused with "libéré", "liberté", "libérée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "libérale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "libérale" is \li.be.ʁal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "libérale" come from?
"libérale" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list