libertin
\li.bɛʁ.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“libertin” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,120. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,120
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est déréglé dans ses mœurs, dans sa conduite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-libertin · libertin · French
libertin · rank #31,120 · 12 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,120
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Leyde
Nearest frequency peer: Leyde (-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 « libertin »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- lavez
lavez
68,884 corpus weight
- lew
lew
68,883 corpus weight
- Leyde
Leyde
68,882 corpus weight
- libertin
libertin
68,881 corpus weight
- liesse
liesse
68,880 corpus weight
- loufoque
loufoque
68,879 corpus weight
What this shows « libertin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | libertin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \li.bɛʁ.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #31,120 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « libertin »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around libertin (IPA \li.bɛʁ.tɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #31,120 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for libertin, with forms such as "ilbertin", "lbiertin", and "libbertin". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "liberty", "libertine", "libertins", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is libertin, spelled L-I-B-E-R-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1Qui est déréglé dans ses mœurs, dans sa conduite.
- 2Licencieux, voluptueux, invitant au plaisir.
- 3Qui se conduit sans règle précise, vagabond, anarchique, indiscipliné.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how libertin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je ne trouvai point de jeunes gens qui me pervertissent. Je devins polisson, mais non libertin.
Il était indompté, mais non libertin. Sa mine d’adolescent large et fort était fière et un peu sauvage. Dans son village, on était à l’abri des contagions malsaines, des dépravations précoces des étiolés de la ville.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilbertin
- lbiertin
- libbertin
- liberitn
- liberrtin
- libertinn
- libertni
- liberttin
- libetrin
- libretin
- liebrtin
- llibertin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of libertin - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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).