statue de la Liberté

\sta.ty də la li.bɛʁ.te\

/\sta.ty də la li.bɛʁ.te\/ noun

The verdict

“statue de la Liberté” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
20
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grande statue située sur l’île Liberty au sud de Manhattan.

Key facts for statue de la Liberté
PropertyValue
Headwordstatue de la Liberté
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sta.ty də la li.bɛʁ.te\
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “statue de la Liberté” sits in French frequency

statue de la Liberté falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

statue de la Liberté is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sta.ty də la li.bɛʁ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grande statue située sur l’île Liberty au sud de Manhattan.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for statue de la Liberté in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is statue de la Liberté, spelled S-T-A-T-U-E- -D-E- -L-A- -L-I-B-E-R-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grande statue située sur l’île Liberty au sud de Manhattan.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "statue de la Liberté"?
"statue de la Liberté" is spelled S-T-A-T-U-E- -D-E- -L-A- -L-I-B-E-R-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \sta.ty də la li.bɛʁ.te\.
What does "statue de la Liberté" mean?
As a noun, "statue de la Liberté" means: Grande statue située sur l’île Liberty au sud de Manhattan.
How do you pronounce "statue de la Liberté"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "statue de la Liberté" is \sta.ty də la li.bɛʁ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "statue de la Liberté" come from?
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Using “statue de la Liberté”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-T-A-T-U-E- -D-E- -L-A- -L-I-B-E-R-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sta.ty də la li.bɛʁ.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list