Legaten
[leˈɡaːtn̩]
The verdict
“Legaten” is uncommon German (frequency #69,464 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,464
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Legat
Corpus desk
Index DE-legaten · Legaten · German
Legaten · rank #69,464 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,464
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Lebenswege
Nearest frequency peer: Lebenswege (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Legaten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Lebensberei…
Lebensbereich
30,541 corpus weight
- Lebenswege
Lebenswege
30,538 corpus weight
- Legaten
Legaten
30,537 corpus weight
- Leidtragend…
Leidtragenden
30,536 corpus weight
- Leihmutter
Leihmutter
30,535 corpus weight
- Leopolds
Leopolds
30,533 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Legaten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Legaten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [leˈɡaːtn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Legaten” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Legaten is uncommon German at frequency #69,464 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [leˈɡaːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Legaten in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Legaten, spelled L-E-G-A-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Legat
- 2Dativ Singular des Substantivs Legat
- 3Akkusativ Singular des Substantivs Legat
- 4Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Legat
- 5Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Legat
- 6Dativ Plural des Substantivs Legat
- 7Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Legat
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Legaten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.