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
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).
Corpus desk
Index EN-legislate · legislate · English
legislate · rank #28,610 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,610
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lashed
Nearest frequency peer: lashed (-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 “legislate”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- kush
kush
71,394 corpus weight
- landline
landline
71,393 corpus weight
- lashed
lashed
71,392 corpus weight
- legislate
legislate
71,391 corpus weight
- Liberian
Liberian
71,390 corpus weight
- lingo
lingo
71,389 corpus weight
What this shows “legislate” 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 | 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) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “legislate”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around legislate (IPA /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsˌleɪt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,610 among 2,297 “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).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how legislate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If they can't get people to do the right thing by talking then they will try to legislate and enforce the statutes.
Candidates always promise to legislate change.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "legislate", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).