liberty

//ˈlɪbɚti// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,278

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

liberty is aPortuguesenoun. It means: liberdade Pronounced /ˈlɪbɚti/. Often confused with líbero and liberal.

Key facts for liberty
PropertyValue
Headwordliberty
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈlɪbɚti/
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,278
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of liberty in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for liberty is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈlɪbɚti/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,278 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "liberdade".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for liberty, with forms such as "ilberty", "lbierty", and "libberty". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "líbero", "liberal", "liberar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is liberty, spelled L-I-B-E-R-T-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    liberdade

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilberty,lbierty,libberty,liberrty,libertty,libertyy,liberyt,libetry,librety,liebrty,lliberty

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for liberty

Misspelling Variants of "liberty"

ilberty7lbierty7libberty8liberrty8libertty8libertyy8liberyt7libetry7
Misspelling Variants of "liberty"

Frequency rank: #12,278 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.