legion
/ˈliː.d͡ʒən/
"legion" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“legion” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,812. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,812
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Numerous; vast; very great in number.
Corpus desk
Index EN-legion · legion · English
legion · rank #8,812 · 8 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,812
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lads
Nearest frequency peer: lads (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “legion”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- judiciary
judiciary
91,192 corpus weight
- jumps
jumps
91,191 corpus weight
- lads
lads
91,190 corpus weight
- legion
legion
91,189 corpus weight
- lethal
lethal
91,188 corpus weight
- lime
lime
91,187 corpus weight
What this shows “legion” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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 | legion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈliː.d͡ʒən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “legion”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around legion (IPA /ˈliː.d͡ʒən/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,812 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Numerous; vast; very great in number.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for legion, with forms such as "elgion", "leggion", and "legino". 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 also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "lion", "Leon", "Lego", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Attested (in Middle English, as legioun) around 1200, from Old French legion, from Latin legiō, legionem, from legō (“to gather, collect”); akin to legend, lecture. Doublet of León, which was borrowed from Spanish. Generalized sense of “a large number” is d… The correct English form is legion, spelled L-E-G-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Numerous; vast; very great in number.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how legion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Russia’s labor and capital resources are woefully inadequate to overcome the state’s needs and vulnerabilities, which are legion.
dissatisfied customers and their legion complaints
Etymology
Attested (in Middle English, as legioun) around 1200, from Old French legion, from Latin legiō, legionem, from legō (“to gather, collect”); akin to legend, lecture. Doublet of León, which was borrowed from Spanish. Generalized sense of “a large number” is due to an allusive phrase in Mark 5:9, "My name is Legion, for we are many".
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elgion
- leggion
- legino
- legionn
- legoin
- leigon
- lgeion
- llegion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of legion - 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.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).