livre sterling
\li.vʁə stɛʁ.liŋ\
The verdict
“livre sterling” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité monétaire du Royaume-Uni, utilisant le symbole £.
Corpus desk
Index FR-livre-sterling · livre sterling · French
livre sterling · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | livre sterling |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.vʁə stɛʁ.liŋ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
livre sterling is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.vʁə stɛʁ.liŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unité monétaire du Royaume-Uni, utilisant le symbole £.".
Zero misspellings are on record for livre sterling in our index, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is livre sterling, spelled L-I-V-R-E- -S-T-E-R-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Unité monétaire du Royaume-Uni, utilisant le symbole £.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how livre sterling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au milieu des années 60, la livre sterling est toujours une monnaie de réserve importante dans le monde, tout particulièrement pour les pays du Commonwealth.
This word in other languages
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.