liberal
/li.bɨ.ˈɾaɫ/
The verdict
“liberal” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,831 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,831
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - generoso
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liberal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /li.bɨ.ˈɾaɫ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liberal” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for liberal is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /li.bɨ.ˈɾaɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,831 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1generoso
- 2tolerante; que não critica nem desaprova
- 3que favorece a liberdade individual
- 4favorável ao progresso e a reforma (por exemplo em política e religião)
- 5relativo ao liberalismo
- 6que é favorável ou permite a liberdade de ação, especialmente em assuntos relacionados à crença e expressão individual
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “liberal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-I-B-E-R-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /li.bɨ.ˈɾaɫ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “libra” - see the side-by-side comparison. liberal vs libra
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese 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.