legislate
/ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsˌleɪt/
"legislate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“legislate” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,610. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,610
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).
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 | legislate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsˌleɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #28,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “legislate” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around legislate (IPA /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsˌleɪt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,610 among 16,425 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for legislate, with forms such as "elgislate", "leggislate", and "legilsate". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "legislator", "legislative", "legislature", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from legislation, legislator. The correct English form is legislate, spelled L-E-G-I-S-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).
Etymology
Back-formation from legislation, legislator.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elgislate
- leggislate
- legilsate
- legisalte
- legislaet
- legislatte
- legisllate
- legisltae
- legisslate
- legsilate
- leigslate
- lgeislate
- llegislate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of legislate - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “legislate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-E-G-I-S-L-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsˌleɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “legislator” - see the side-by-side comparison. legislate vs legislator
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.