libre-penseur
\li.bʁə pɑ̃.sœʁ\
The verdict
“libre-penseur” 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 September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de libre penseur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-libre-penseur · libre-penseur · French
libre-penseur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | libre-penseur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.bʁə pɑ̃.sœʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
libre-penseur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.bʁə pɑ̃.sœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de libre penseur.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for libre-penseur in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is libre-penseur, spelled L-I-B-R-E---P-E-N-S-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de libre penseur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how libre-penseur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’indifférence en matière de foi était devenue de règle, car d’hostilité on n’en sentait point trop encore ; à peine sourdait-elle, peut-être, dans quelques propos sacrilèges que les mauvaises langues : francs-maçons, libres-penseurs, anarchistes, parpaillots, ennemis déclarés de Dieu et de ses ministres, brebis galeuses fort rares heureusement dans son t…
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