libra
\ˈli.βɾa\
The verdict
“libra” is uncommon French (frequency #72,495 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,495
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Livre, mesure de masse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-libra · libra · French
libra · rank #72,495 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,495
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH libidineux
Nearest frequency peer: libidineux (-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 « libra »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- liard
liard
27,509 corpus weight
- libelle
libelle
27,508 corpus weight
- libidineux
libidineux
27,507 corpus weight
- libra
libra
27,506 corpus weight
- licites
licites
27,505 corpus weight
- lii
lii
27,504 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « libra » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « libra » en français
Rare enough to double-check
libra is uncommon French at frequency #72,495 among 2,567 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how libra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La libra castellana fue utilizada ampliamente en España y en sus territorios americanos. Equivale a 469,093 gramos.
Libra esterlina.
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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