libéréevslibreWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“libérée” and “libre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,735
“libérée” frequency rank
#648
“libre” frequency rank
11383
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature libérée libre
Definition Féminin singulier de libéré. Qui a le pouvoir de faire ce qu’il veut, d’agir ou de ne pas agir, par opposition à esclave, servile, ou par opposition à captif, prisonnier.

Where the eye mixes libérée and libre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
libérée
5 ch
libre

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. libérée (\li.be.ʁe\) and libre (\libʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11383, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

libérée is recorded at frequency rank #10,735, classified as anadj, pronounced \li.be.ʁe\. libre is at rank #648, tagged as anadj, pronounced \libʁ\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 11383, this pair ranks #409,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of libérée vs libre

Shared letters: beilr. Private to "libérée": é. Private to "libre": -.

"libérée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "libre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • libreilbre · lbire · libbre · librre · lirbe · llibre

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "libérée" and "libre" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\li.be.ʁe\ versus \libʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "libérée" or "libre"?
"libre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #648 in our French list, against #10,735 for "libérée". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list