illegale

[ˈɪleɡaːlə]

/[ˈɪleɡaːlə]/ adj

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The verdict

“illegale” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,308. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,308
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs illegal

Corpus desk

Index DE-illegale · illegale · German

illegale · rank #6,308 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,308
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH interessantes

Nearest frequency peer: interessantes (+1 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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „illegale“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „illegale“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

illegale vs illegalen
89% similar
illegale vs illegaler
89% similar
illegale vs illegales
89% similar

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

Key facts for illegale
PropertyValue
Headwordillegale
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɪleɡaːlə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,308
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „illegale“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).illegaleliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „interessantes“ (#6,309), „Hauptmann“ (#6,306), „interne“ (#6,310). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „illegale“ bei #6,308. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around illegale (IPA [ˈɪleɡaːlə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,308 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for illegale, with forms such as "ilegale", "ilelgale", and "illeagle". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "illegalen", "illegaler", "illegales", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is illegale, spelled I-L-L-E-G-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs illegal
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs illegal
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs illegal
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs illegal
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs illegal
  6. 6
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs illegal
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs illegal
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs illegal
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum Positiv der schwachen Flexion des Adjektivs illegal
  10. 10
    Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs illegal
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum Positiv der gemischten Flexion des Adjektivs illegal

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilegale
  • ilelgale
  • illeagle
  • illegael
  • illegalle
  • illeggale
  • illeglae
  • illgeale
  • lilegale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ilegale1ilelgale2illeagle2illegael2illegalle1illeggale1illeglae2illgeale2
Edit distance from "illegale"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "illegale"?
"illegale" is spelled I-L-L-E-G-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪleɡaːlə].
What does "illegale" mean?
As an adjective, "illegale" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs illegal
What words are commonly confused with "illegale"?
"illegale" is commonly confused with "illegalen", "illegaler", "illegales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "illegale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "illegale" is [ˈɪleɡaːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "illegale" come from?
"illegale" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list