Liebe

\ˈliː.bə\

/\ˈliː.bə\/ noun

The verdict

“Liebe” is uncommon French (frequency #82,189 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,189
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-liebe · Liebe · French

Liebe · rank #82,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,189
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH libertariens

Nearest frequency peer: libertariens (-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 « Liebe »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Liebe » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Liebe
PropertyValue
HeadwordLiebe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈliː.bə\
Letters5
Frequency rank#82,189
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Liebe » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Liebetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « libertariens » (#82,188), « ligoter » (#82,190), « linteaux » (#82,191). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « Liebe » est au #82,189. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Liebe is uncommon French at frequency #82,189 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈliː.bə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Amour.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Liebe 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 nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Liebe, spelled L-I-E-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Amour.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Und konnte ich fürchten, daß diese unglückliche Liebe das kluge Klärchen so bald hinreißen würde? Ich muß es nun tragen, daß meine Tochter …
  2. Filme sind mein Zeitvertreib, Bücher sind meine Liebe, meine Leidenschaft. Aber Musik ist meine Zuflucht. Wenn ich fröhlich oder ausgelassen bin, was zugegebenermaßen selten vorkommt, dann lege ich eine ebensolche Scheibe auf – von Ella Fitzgerald vielleicht oder Sarah Vaughan –, und dann habe ich fast das Gefühl, dass sich jemand mit mir freut.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "Liebe"?
"Liebe" is spelled L-I-E-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈliː.bə\.
What does "Liebe" mean?
As a noun, "Liebe" means: Amour.
How do you pronounce "Liebe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Liebe" is \ˈliː.bə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Liebe" come from?
"Liebe" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list