Legislative

/[leɡɪslaˈtiːvə]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,211

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Legislative is aGermannoun. It means: gesetzgebende Gewalt; in der Staatstheorie neben Exekutive (ausführende Gewalt) und Judikative (Rechtsprechung) eine der drei unabhängigen Gewalten (Gewaltenteilung) Pronounced [leɡɪslaˈtiːvə].

Key facts for Legislative
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HeadwordLegislative
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[leɡɪslaˈtiːvə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#23,211
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Legislative in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Legislative is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [leɡɪslaˈtiːvə]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,211 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gesetzgebende Gewalt; in der Staatstheorie neben Exekutive (ausführende Gewalt) und Judikative (Rechtsprechung) eine der drei unabhängigen Gewalten (Gewaltenteilung)".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Legislative, with forms such as "elgislative", "leggislative", and "legilsative". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 German form is Legislative, spelled L-E-G-I-S-L-A-T-I-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gesetzgebende Gewalt; in der Staatstheorie neben Exekutive (ausführende Gewalt) und Judikative (Rechtsprechung) eine der drei unabhängigen Gewalten (Gewaltenteilung)

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elgislative,leggislative,legilsative,legisaltive,legislaitve,legislatiev,legislativve,legislattive,legislatvie,legisllative,legisltaive,legisslative,legsilative,leigslative,lgeislative,llegislative

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Legislative

Misspelling Variants of "Legislative"

elgislative11leggislative12legilsative11legisaltive11legislaitve11legislatiev11legislativve12legislattive12
Misspelling Variants of "Legislative"

Frequency rank: #23,211 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Legislative"?
"Legislative" is spelled L-E-G-I-S-L-A-T-I-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [leɡɪslaˈtiːvə].
What does "Legislative" mean?
As a noun, "Legislative" means: gesetzgebende Gewalt; in der Staatstheorie neben Exekutive (ausführende Gewalt) und Judikative (Rechtsprechung) eine der drei unabhängigen Gewalten (Gewaltenteilung)
What are common misspellings of "Legislative"?
Common misspellings include "elgislative", "leggislative", "legilsative", "legisaltive", "legislaitve". The correct spelling is "Legislative".
How do you pronounce "Legislative"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Legislative" is [leɡɪslaˈtiːvə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Legislative" come from?
"Legislative" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.