Legitimierung
[leɡitiˈmiːʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Legitimierung” is uncommon German (frequency #61,701 among 30,953 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,701
- frequency rank, German
- 30,953
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rechtfertigung oder Anerkennung einer Handlung/Person als berechtigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-legitimierung · Legitimierung · German
Legitimierung · rank #61,701 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,701
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 30,953
- PHOTO-FINISH Leergewicht
Nearest frequency peer: Leergewicht (-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 “Legitimierung”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- leblose
leblose
38,303 corpus weight
- Leda
Leda
38,302 corpus weight
- Leergewicht
Leergewicht
38,301 corpus weight
- Legitimieru…
Legitimierung
38,300 corpus weight
- Leistungsku…
Leistungskurs
38,299 corpus weight
- Leuchttürme
Leuchttürme
38,298 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Legitimierung” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Legitimierung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [leɡitiˈmiːʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #61,701 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Legitimierung” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Legitimierung is uncommon German at frequency #61,701 among 30,953 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [leɡitiˈmiːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Legitimierung, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Legitimierung, spelled L-E-G-I-T-I-M-I-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Rechtfertigung oder Anerkennung einer Handlung/Person als berechtigt
- 2rechtliche Anerkennung (beispielsweise der Abstammung eines Kindes durch Heirat)
- 3Nachweis einer Person (beispielsweise durch einen Ausweis) oder Organisation, zu etwas berechtigt zu sein
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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 "Legitimierung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 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.