# legion

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈliː.d͡ʒən/ · frequency rank #8,812

## Definitions
1. Numerous; vast; very great in number.

## 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".

## Easily confused with
- **lion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-lion)
- **Leon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-leon)
- **Lego** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-lego)
- **lemon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-lemon)
- **legit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-legit)
- **login** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-login)
- **Lenin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-lenin)
- **levin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-levin)
- **Lewin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-lewin)
- **lesson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-lesson)
- **Lennon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-lennon)
- **lotion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-lotion)
- **lesion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-lesion)
- **Leyton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-leyton)
- **lexicon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legion-vs-lexicon)
- **lagoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lagoon-vs-legion)
- **legation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legation-vs-legion)

## Common misspellings (8)
`elgion`, `leggion`, `legino`, `legionn`, `legoin`, `leigon`, `lgeion`, `llegion`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/legion