libertine

\li.bɛʁ.tin\

/\li.bɛʁ.tin\/ noun

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The verdict

“libertine” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,580. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,580
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui s’écarte volontairement des règles imposées par la morale de son temps et de son milieu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-libertine · libertine · French

libertine · rank #31,580 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,580
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH liasse

Nearest frequency peer: liasse (-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 « libertine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « libertine » 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).

libertine vs libertins
89% similar
libertine vs liberté
67% similar
libertine vs libertin
89% similar

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

Key facts for libertine
PropertyValue
Headwordlibertine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.bɛʁ.tin\
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,580
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « libertine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).libertinese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « liasse » (#31,579), « Limbourg » (#31,581), « levures » (#31,578). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « libertine » est au #31,580. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around libertine (IPA \li.bɛʁ.tin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,580 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for libertine, with forms such as "ilbertine", "lbiertine", and "libbertine". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "libertins", "liberté", "libertin", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is libertine, spelled L-I-B-E-R-T-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui s’écarte volontairement des règles imposées par la morale de son temps et de son milieu.
  2. 2
    Personne versée dans les plaisirs raffinés, bravant les conventions et les pratiques de son milieu.
  3. 3
    Personne qui recherche le plaisir avec de multiples partenaires, sans entretenir de relation amoureuse, ni engager ses sentiments.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est une libertine débauchée.
  2. C'est une libertine, elle fréquente assidûment un club de rencontres huppé.

Synonyms

libre penseusecatamitemœurshédonisteéchangistevolageinconstantejouisseuse

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilbertine
  • lbiertine
  • libbertine
  • liberitne
  • liberrtine
  • libertien
  • libertinne
  • libertnie
  • liberttine
  • libetrine
  • libretine
  • liebrtine
  • llibertine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of libertine - 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.

ilbertine2lbiertine2libbertine1liberitne2liberrtine1libertien2libertinne1libertnie2
Edit distance from "libertine"

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 "libertine"?
"libertine" is spelled L-I-B-E-R-T-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \li.bɛʁ.tin\.
What does "libertine" mean?
As a noun, "libertine" means: Personne qui s’écarte volontairement des règles imposées par la morale de son temps et de son milieu.
What words are commonly confused with "libertine"?
"libertine" is commonly confused with "libertins", "liberté", "libertin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "libertine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "libertine" is \li.bɛʁ.tin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "libertine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

justifiés#31,573malicieux#31,591Joinville#31,567manivelle#31,593

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

manquante13 variantsmédiévaux13 variantsmélangez13 variantsneurologue13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list