libero
\li.be.ʁo\
The verdict
“libero” is uncommon French (frequency #66,874 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,874
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de libéro.
Corpus desk
Index FR-libero · libero · French
libero · rank #66,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,874
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH ligneux
Nearest frequency peer: ligneux (+2 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 « libero »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Lecerf
Lecerf
33,131 corpus weight
- Lectoure
Lectoure
33,130 corpus weight
- libero
libero
33,127 corpus weight
- ligneux
ligneux
33,125 corpus weight
- ligueurs
ligueurs
33,124 corpus weight
- Llorente
Llorente
33,123 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « libero » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | libero |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.be.ʁo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,874 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « libero » en français
Rare enough to double-check
libero is uncommon French at frequency #66,874 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.be.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de libéro.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for libero in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is libero, spelled L-I-B-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de libéro.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how libero appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Garant de la solidité défensive, le libero assurait une supériorité numérique permanente face aux attaquants adverses.
Avec les Dégommeuses (équipe de football lesbienne, militante, dont je fus un temps la libero), j'ai mené une enquête financée par le réseau Fare, sur le traitement médiatique du football féminin.
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.
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