libre arbitre
\li.bʁ‿aʁ.bitʁ\
The verdict
“libre arbitre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faculté par laquelle la volonté se détermine à une chose plutôt qu’à une autre indépendamment des déterminations extérieures à elle-même.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | libre arbitre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.bʁ‿aʁ.bitʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “libre arbitre” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
libre arbitre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.bʁ‿aʁ.bitʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faculté par laquelle la volonté se détermine à une chose plutôt qu’à une autre indépendamment des déterminations extérieures à elle-même.".
libre arbitre has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 libre arbitre, spelled L-I-B-R-E- -A-R-B-I-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Faculté par laquelle la volonté se détermine à une chose plutôt qu’à une autre indépendamment des déterminations extérieures à elle-même.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “libre arbitre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is L-I-B-R-E- -A-R-B-I-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \li.bʁ‿aʁ.bitʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.