legionary
/ˈlidʒəˌnɛɹi/
"legionary" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“legionary” is uncommon English (frequency #90,656 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,656
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | legionary |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlidʒəˌnɛɹi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,656 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “legionary” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
legionary is uncommon English at frequency #90,656 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlidʒəˌnɛɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for legionary, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From legion + -ary. From Latin legiōnārius. Doublet of legionnaire. The correct English form is legionary, spelled L-E-G-I-O-N-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1A soldier belonging to a legion; a professional soldier of the ancient Roman army.
- 2A person who is neither a citizen nor colonial/imperial subject of the state whose military they join.
- 3A member of a legion, such as the American Legion, or of any organization containing the term legion in its title (e.g. the French Foreign Legion).
Etymology
From legion + -ary. From Latin legiōnārius. Doublet of legionnaire.
Synonyms
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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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Using “legionary”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-E-G-I-O-N-A-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈlidʒəˌnɛɹi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.