libra
\ˈli.βɾa\
The verdict
“libra” is uncommon French (frequency #72,495 among 128,088 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,495
- frequency rank, French
- 128,088
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Livre, mesure de masse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | libra |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈli.βɾa\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,495 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “libra” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
libra is uncommon French at frequency #72,495 among 128,088 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈli.βɾa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for libra in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is libra, spelled L-I-B-R-A.
Definition
- 1Livre, mesure de masse.
- 2Livre.
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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Using “libra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-I-B-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.