liberal

/li.bɨ.ˈɾaɫ/

//li.bɨ.ˈɾaɫ// adj

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The verdict

“liberal” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,831
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-liberal · liberal · Portuguese

liberal · rank #4,831 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,831
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH inovação

Nearest frequency peer: inovação (-2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “liberal”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “liberal” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

liberal vs libra
71% similar
liberal vs líbero
57% similar
liberal vs liberar
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for liberal
PropertyValue
Headwordliberal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/li.bɨ.ˈɾaɫ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,831
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “liberal”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).liberalcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “inovação” (#4,829), “inocente” (#4,828), “indígena” (#4,826). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “liberal” fica em #4,831. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around liberal (IPA /li.bɨ.ˈɾaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,831 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for liberal, with forms such as "ilberal", "lbieral", and "libberal". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "libra", "líbero", "liberar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is liberal, spelled L-I-B-E-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    generoso
  2. 2
    tolerante; que não critica nem desaprova
  3. 3
    que favorece a liberdade individual
  4. 4
    favorável ao progresso e a reforma (por exemplo em política e religião)
  5. 5
    relativo ao liberalismo
  6. 6
    que é favorável ou permite a liberdade de ação, especialmente em assuntos relacionados à crença e expressão individual

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. O Fagundes é muito liberal com seu dinheiro.
  2. Nosso novo diretor é bem liberal para com os empregados.

Synonyms

liberalista

This word in other languages

liberal(English)generoso(Español)généreux(Français)liberal(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilberal
  • lbieral
  • libberal
  • libearl
  • liberall
  • liberla
  • liberral
  • libreal
  • liebral
  • lliberal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of liberal - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ilberal2lbieral2libberal1libearl2liberall1liberla2liberral1libreal2
Edit distance from "liberal"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "liberal"?
"liberal" is spelled L-I-B-E-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /li.bɨ.ˈɾaɫ/.
What does "liberal" mean?
As an adjective, "liberal" means: generoso
What words are commonly confused with "liberal"?
"liberal" is commonly confused with "libra", "líbero", "liberar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "liberal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "liberal" is /li.bɨ.ˈɾaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "liberal" come from?
"liberal" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list