Legende

Name: Legende, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[leˈɡɛndə]

/[leˈɡɛndə]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Legende” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,287. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,287
frequency rank, German: 2,640
“L” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Erzählung über Begebenheiten, Leben und Tod von Personen, in erhöhender Weise – ähnlich der Sage oder dem Mythos

Corpus desk

Index DE-legende · Legende · German

Legende · rank #4,287 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #4,287
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 2,640
PHOTO-FINISH leere

Nearest frequency peer: leere (-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.

langem

95,717
langfristig

95,716
leere

95,715
Legende

95,714
like

95,713
Madrid

95,712

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Legende vs liegend

57% similar

Legende vs legends

71% similar

Legende vs liegende

75% similar

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

Key facts for Legende
Property	Value
Headword	Legende
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[leˈɡɛndə]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#4,287
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Legende“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Legendeliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#4,287

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „leere“ (#4,286), „like“ (#4,288), „langfristig“ (#4,285). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „Legende“ bei #4,287. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Legende (IPA [leˈɡɛndə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,287 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Legende, with forms such as "elgende", "leegnde", and "legedne". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "liegend", "legends", "liegende", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Legende, spelled L-E-G-E-N-D-E.

Definition

1
Erzählung über Begebenheiten, Leben und Tod von Personen, in erhöhender Weise – ähnlich der Sage oder dem Mythos
2
verbreitete Behauptung, Erzählung, die nicht belegt werden kann, oder grotesk übertrieben wirkt, häufig unter der englischen Bezeichnung urban legend ^(→ en) oder urban myth ^(→ en)
3
erklärende Liste der Bedeutungen
4
erklärende Liste der Bedeutungen
5
erklärende Liste der Bedeutungen
6
die Umschrift auf dem Rand einer Münze
7
eine Persönlichkeit, die auf Grund besonderer Leistungen, zum Beispiel im Sport, in der Musik oder starker medialer Präsenz zu hoher Berühmtheit gelangt ist
8
im Geheimdienst-Jargon eine manipulierte Biografie
9
etwas, das von nun an der Vergangenheit angehört, zum Beispiel jemand, dessen (oft unnatürlicher) Tod einem gelegen kommt und der gestorben ist

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Legende appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

„Siegfried, der Drachentöter“ ist eine Legende.
„Alte Legenden berichten indes, dass seinem Werk der Segen von oben fehlte.“

Synonyms

Mythos Erklärung Erläuterung SchlüsselKartenlegendeZeichenerklärung Ikone

This word in other languages

legend(English)fábula(Español)légende(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

elgende
leegnde
legedne
legendde
legened
legennde
leggende
legnede
lgeende
llegende

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Legende - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "Legende"

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 "Legende"?

"Legende" is spelled L-E-G-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [leˈɡɛndə].

What does "Legende" mean?

As a noun, "Legende" means: Erzählung über Begebenheiten, Leben und Tod von Personen, in erhöhender Weise – ähnlich der Sage oder dem Mythos

What words are commonly confused with "Legende"?

"Legende" is commonly confused with "liegend", "legends", "liegende". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Legende"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Legende" is [leˈɡɛndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Legende" come from?

"Legende" 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 "Legende", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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