library

\ˈlaɪ.ˌbɹɛɹ.i\

/\ˈlaɪ.ˌbɹɛɹ.i\/ noun

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The verdict

“library” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,658. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,658
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bibliothèque (qui met des livres à disposition du public).

Corpus desk

Index FR-library · library · French

library · rank #24,658 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #24,658
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Libreville

Nearest frequency peer: Libreville (+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 « library »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « library » 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).

library vs libraire
75% similar

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

Key facts for library
PropertyValue
Headwordlibrary
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈlaɪ.ˌbɹɛɹ.i\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,658
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « library »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).libraryse 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 « Libreville » (#24,659), « legal » (#24,656), « lies » (#24,660). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « library » est au #24,658. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around library (IPA \ˈlaɪ.ˌbɹɛɹ.i\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,658 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for library, with forms such as "ilbrary", "lbirary", and "libarry". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "libraire", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is library, spelled L-I-B-R-A-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bibliothèque (qui met des livres à disposition du public).
  2. 2
    Bibliothèque (collection de livres).
  3. 3
    Bibliothèque (pièce).
  4. 4
    Bibliothèque (de sous-programmes).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In a few days Mr. Bingley returned Mr. Bennet’s visit, and sat about ten minutes with him in his library.
  2. In this C code snippet, a program coded in the C language embeds the Python interpreter by linking in its libraries and passes it a Python assignment statement string to run.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilbrary
  • lbirary
  • libarry
  • libbrary
  • librarry
  • libraryy
  • librayr
  • librrary
  • librray
  • lirbary
  • llibrary

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of library - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ilbrary2lbirary2libarry2libbrary1librarry1libraryy1librayr2librrary1
Edit distance from "library"

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 "library"?
"library" is spelled L-I-B-R-A-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈlaɪ.ˌbɹɛɹ.i\.
What does "library" mean?
As a noun, "library" means: Bibliothèque (qui met des livres à disposition du public).
What words are commonly confused with "library"?
"library" is commonly confused with "libraire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "library"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "library" is \ˈlaɪ.ˌbɹɛɹ.i\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "library" come from?
"library" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lefèvre#24,655karaoké#24,650manille#24,667Jenkins#24,645

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Lapointe11 variantsmarquait11 variantsmodérer11 variantsnaissante11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list