Legitimation
[ˌleɡitimaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Legitimation” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #16,213. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,213
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nachweis der Berechtigung für etwas, häufig in Form eines Ausweises
Corpus desk
Index DE-legitimation · Legitimation · German
Legitimation · rank #16,213 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,213
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Lebenswerk
Nearest frequency peer: Lebenswerk (-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 „Legitimation“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- lau
lau
83,791 corpus weight
- lautstark
lautstark
83,790 corpus weight
- Lebenswerk
Lebenswerk
83,789 corpus weight
- Legitimation
Legitimation
83,788 corpus weight
- Lehramt
Lehramt
83,787 corpus weight
- Liveticker
Liveticker
83,786 corpus weight
What this shows „Legitimation“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Legitimation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌleɡitimaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #16,213 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Legitimation“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Legitimation (IPA [ˌleɡitimaˈt͡si̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,213 among 2,640 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Legitimation, with forms such as "elgitimation", "leggitimation", and "legiitmation". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Legitimation, spelled L-E-G-I-T-I-M-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Nachweis der Berechtigung für etwas, häufig in Form eines Ausweises
- 2Anerkennung der Berechtigung
- 3Anerkennung eines nichtehelichen Kindes als eigenes
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Legitimation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für den Zutritt zu dieser Feier benötigt man eine Legitimation.
Dürfte ich einmal Ihre Legitimation sehen?
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elgitimation
- leggitimation
- legiitmation
- legitiamtion
- legitimaiton
- legitimatino
- legitimationn
- legitimatoin
- legitimattion
- legitimmation
- legitimtaion
- legitmiation
- legittimation
- legtiimation
- leigtimation
- lgeitimation
- llegitimation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Legitimation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Legitimation", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).