libraires

\li.bʁɛʁ\

/\li.bʁɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“libraires” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,170. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,170
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de libraire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-libraires · libraires · French

libraires · rank #16,170 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,170
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH ledit

Nearest frequency peer: ledit (-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 « libraires »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « libraires » 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).

libraires vs librairie
78% similar
libraires vs linéaires
78% similar
libraires vs librairies
90% similar

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

Key facts for libraires
PropertyValue
Headwordlibraires
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\li.bʁɛʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#16,170
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « libraires »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ledit » (#16,169), « locomotive » (#16,172), « Lydia » (#16,173). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « libraires » est au #16,170. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around libraires (IPA \li.bʁɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,170 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de libraire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for libraires, with forms such as "ilbraires", "lbiraires", and "libarires". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "librairie", "linéaires", "librairies", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is libraires, spelled L-I-B-R-A-I-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de libraire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il avait donc fini par se désencanailler, et lorsqu’arriva la Révolution, après trente ans d’une vie un peu décousue, mais qui, en trente autres années d’un travail acharné, il avait amassé assez d’argent pour rappeler fièrement aux libraires ce qu’ils lui devaient, et assez de considération pour ne se croire pas indigne d’entrer à l’Institut lorsque la C…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilbraires
  • lbiraires
  • libarires
  • libbraires
  • libraiers
  • librairess
  • librairres
  • librairse
  • libraries
  • libriares
  • librraires
  • lirbaires
  • llibraires

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of libraires - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ilbraires2lbiraires2libarires2libbraires1libraiers2librairess1librairres1librairse2
Edit distance from "libraires"

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 "libraires"?
"libraires" is spelled L-I-B-R-A-I-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \li.bʁɛʁ\.
What does "libraires" mean?
As a noun, "libraires" means: Pluriel de libraire.
What words are commonly confused with "libraires"?
"libraires" is commonly confused with "librairie", "linéaires", "librairies". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "libraires"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "libraires" is \li.bʁɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "libraires" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list