legitimieren
[leɡitiˈmiːʁən]
The verdict
“legitimieren” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #32,150. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,150
- frequency rank, German
- 2,640
- “L” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rechtlich anerkennen, als rechtens erklären
Corpus desk
Index DE-legitimieren · legitimieren · German
legitimieren · rank #32,150 · 17 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #32,150
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,640
- PHOTO-FINISH Legierung
Nearest frequency peer: Legierung (-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 „legitimieren“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Laufwerk
Laufwerk
67,854 corpus weight
- Laurentius
Laurentius
67,853 corpus weight
- Legierung
Legierung
67,852 corpus weight
- legitimieren
legitimieren
67,851 corpus weight
- lemon
lemon
67,850 corpus weight
- Leserbrief
Leserbrief
67,849 corpus weight
What this shows „legitimieren“ 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | legitimieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [leɡitiˈmiːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #32,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „legitimieren“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around legitimieren (IPA [leɡitiˈmiːʁən]), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,150 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 legitimieren, with forms such as "elgitimieren", "leggitimieren", and "legiitmieren". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "legitimiert", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is legitimieren, spelled L-E-G-I-T-I-M-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1rechtlich anerkennen, als rechtens erklären
- 2jemanden mit gewissen Rechten ausstatten
- 3sich ausweisen, seine Identität (und sein Recht auf Anwesenheit) nachweisen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how legitimieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Vorgehen wurde nachträglich legitimiert.
„Der Princeps musste Sorge tragen, die politischen Verhältnisse zu konsolidieren, mit derer Hilfe er seine Machtposition legitimieren konnte.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elgitimieren
- leggitimieren
- legiitmieren
- legitiimeren
- legitimeiren
- legitimieern
- legitimierenn
- legitimierne
- legitimierren
- legitimireen
- legitimmieren
- legitmiieren
- legittimieren
- legtiimieren
- leigtimieren
- lgeitimieren
- llegitimieren
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of legitimieren - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "legitimieren", 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).