Libourne
\li.buʁn\
The verdict
“Libourne” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,394. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,394
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Gironde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-libourne · Libourne · French
Libourne · rank #38,394 · 11 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,394
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH laverie
Nearest frequency peer: laverie (-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 « Libourne »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Launay
Launay
61,610 corpus weight
- Lavergne
Lavergne
61,609 corpus weight
- laverie
laverie
61,608 corpus weight
- Libourne
Libourne
61,607 corpus weight
- lights
lights
61,605 corpus weight
- lignage
lignage
61,604 corpus weight
What this shows « Libourne » 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 | Libourne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \li.buʁn\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #38,394 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Libourne »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Libourne (IPA \li.buʁn\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #38,394 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune française, située dans le département de la Gironde.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Libourne, with forms such as "ilbourne", "lbiourne", and "libbourne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "licorne", "Livourne", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 Libourne, spelled L-I-B-O-U-R-N-E.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Gironde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Libourne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Désormais, il est l’un des commandants les plus respectés et passe son temps à terre, à Libourne, avec une tendre amie de son choix, naguère la coiffeuse la plus appréciée de la ville.
Il a fallu attendre presque trente ans pour voir le Tour de retour à Libourne, avec une deuxième victoire d’étape en solitaire sur l’édition 2021 de Matej Mohoric.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilbourne
- lbiourne
- libbourne
- liborune
- libounre
- libouren
- libournne
- libourrne
- libuorne
- lioburne
- llibourne
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Libourne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Libourne"?
What does "Libourne" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Libourne"?
How do you pronounce "Libourne"?
What language does "Libourne" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Libourne", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).