legionnaire
/ˌliːdʒəˈnɛə(ɹ)/
"legionnaire" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“legionnaire” is uncommon English (frequency #76,941 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,941
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who is neither a citizen nor colonial/imperial subject of the state whose military they join.
Corpus desk
Index EN-legionnaire · legionnaire · English
legionnaire · rank #76,941 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,941
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH leishmaniasis
Nearest frequency peer: leishmaniasis (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “legionnaire”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- lede
lede
23,064 corpus weight
- Ledoux
Ledoux
23,063 corpus weight
- leftward
leftward
23,062 corpus weight
- legionnaire
legionnaire
23,060 corpus weight
- leishmanias…
leishmaniasis
23,059 corpus weight
- Lepore
Lepore
23,055 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “legionnaire” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | legionnaire |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌliːdʒəˈnɛə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #76,941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “legionnaire” in English
Rare enough to double-check
legionnaire is uncommon English at frequency #76,941 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌliːdʒəˈnɛə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for legionnaire in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French légionnaire. Doublet of legionary. The correct English form is legionnaire, spelled L-E-G-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1A person who is neither a citizen nor colonial/imperial subject of the state whose military they join.
- 2A member of a legion, especially the French Foreign Legion.
Etymology
Borrowed from French légionnaire. Doublet of legionary.
Synonyms
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 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).