Libor
The verdict
“Libor” is uncommon French (frequency #89,870 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,870
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Taux de référence entre différentes devises.
Corpus desk
Index FR-libor · Libor · French
Libor · rank #89,870 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,870
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH libérienne
Nearest frequency peer: libérienne (+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 « Libor »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- leh
leh
10,135 corpus weight
- Lenin
Lenin
10,134 corpus weight
- Libor
Libor
10,131 corpus weight
- libérienne
libérienne
10,130 corpus weight
- Lindley
Lindley
10,128 corpus weight
- Loewe
Loewe
10,125 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Libor » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Libor |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,870 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Libor » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Libor is uncommon French at frequency #89,870 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Taux de référence entre différentes devises.".
Libor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Libor, spelled L-I-B-O-R.
Definition
- 1Taux de référence entre différentes devises.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Libor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec ses frères et sœurs – Euribor pour l’euro et Tibor pour le yen – le Libor sert de référence à des dizaines de millions de contrats financiers dont la valeur faciale est estimée à plus de 328 000 milliards d’euros, dont 192 000 milliards pour le seul Libor.
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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