legislature
le·gis·la·ture/ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪt͡ʃɚ/noun
legislature is spelled L-E-G-I-S-L-A-T-U-R-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables (le·gis·la·ture). It appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, legislature means “A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of legislature is legislatures.
How many letters and syllables are in legislature?
| Letters | 11: L-E-G-I-S-L-A-T-U-R-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: le·gis·la·ture |
| In writing | 14 times per million words; the 5,496th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is legislature?
Legislature appears 14 times per million words in written English, the 5,496th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce legislature?
- UK /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsləˌt͡ʃʊə/
- UK /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪslət͡ʃə/
- US /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪt͡ʃɚ/
Legislature has 4 syllables, split le·gis·la·ture in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-legislature.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with legislature
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of legislature
- legislatures plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does legislature mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
state legislature
- 2
CanadaThe legislative assembly of a province or territory, as opposed to the federal parliament.
- 3
CanadaA legislative building.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate legislature?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of legislature: leg., lege, legis..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Legislature in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | corps législatif, assemblée législative |
| German | Legislative, gesetzgebende Gewalt |
| Portuguese | legislatura |
| Spanish | legislatura |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does legislature come from?
1676, from stem of legislator + -ure, cognate with French législature.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).