liberdade
/li.beɾ.ˈda.dʒi/
The verdict
“liberdade” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #919 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #919
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - condição de um ser que está isento de constrangimento, atuando consoante as leis da natureza
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liberdade |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /li.beɾ.ˈda.dʒi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #919 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liberdade” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for liberdade is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /li.beɾ.ˈda.dʒi/. Corpus data places it at rank #919 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for liberdade, with forms such as "ilberdade", "lbierdade", and "libberdade". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is liberdade, spelled L-I-B-E-R-D-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1condição de um ser que está isento de constrangimento, atuando consoante as leis da natureza
- 2direito de um cidadão agir segundo a sua própria determinação, desde que dentro dos limites da lei
- 3possibilidade de agir sem limitações extrínsecas
- 4estado de quem não tem compromissos
- 5estado de quem não está na dependência total de alguém
- 6estado de quem não se encontra detido numa prisão ou em cativeiro
- 7ausência de condicionamento restritivo
- 8afastamento do que se considera norma
- 9qualidade da vontade humana de se guiar por motivos e valores conscientemente assumidos
- 10estado do homem que se determina apenas pela razão, suprimindo qualquer interferência das paixões na decisão
- 11livre arbítrio ou o poder de decidir sem motivos, como manifestação absoluta da vontade
- 12símbolo dos ideais liberais
- 13imunidades, regalias concedidas aos cidadãos pela lei fundamental do país
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilberdade,lbierdade,libberdade,libedrade,liberadde,liberdadde,liberdaed,liberddade,liberddae,liberrdade,libredade,liebrdade,lliberdade
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of liberdade - 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 “liberdade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-I-B-E-R-D-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /li.beɾ.ˈda.dʒi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.