illegitim
[ˈɪleɡitiːm]
The verdict
“illegitim” is uncommon German (frequency #79,319 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,319
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht anerkannt, nicht dem Recht oder der Rechtsordnung entsprechend, nicht mit einer Erlaubnis/Anerkennung versehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-illegitim · illegitim · German
illegitim · rank #79,319 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,319
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Importeure
Nearest frequency peer: Importeure (+3 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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „illegitim“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- identisches
identisches
20,687 corpus weight
- Identitätsk…
Identitätskrise
20,686 corpus weight
- illegitim
illegitim
20,682 corpus weight
- Importeure
Importeure
20,679 corpus weight
- imposanter
imposanter
20,678 corpus weight
- indirektes
indirektes
20,677 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „illegitim“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | illegitim |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɪleɡitiːm] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,319 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „illegitim“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
illegitim is uncommon German at frequency #79,319 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɪleɡitiːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for illegitim in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is illegitim, spelled I-L-L-E-G-I-T-I-M.
Definition
- 1nicht anerkannt, nicht dem Recht oder der Rechtsordnung entsprechend, nicht mit einer Erlaubnis/Anerkennung versehen
- 2nicht berechtigt oder nicht begründet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how illegitim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Annahme von Geschenken durch Politiker ist illegitim, aber nicht illegal.“
„Jiyad fordert eine integrative Strategie für Entschuldung und Wiederaufbau. Dazu gehört die Anerkennung eines Teils der Schulden als "illegitim", von Ländern vergeben im Wissen, dass Saddam Hussein sie gegen die Interessen des irakischen Volkes verwenden würde.“
Antonyms
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.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).