ilegible
Spanish, adjective/ileˈxible/
ilegible is spelled I-L-E-G-I-B-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,847th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ilegible is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “illegible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Incomprensible o indescifrable, que no se puede leer”.
What does ilegible mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Incomprensible o indescifrable, que no se puede leer. 2. Que por su forma o contenido se hace pesada o difícil su lectura.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ilegible
- ilegibles feminine masculine plural
- inlegible alternative nonstandard
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ilegible?
- /ileˈxible/
- [i.leˈxi.β̞le]
- [ileˈxiβ̞le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ilegible
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ilegible in Spanish?
ilegible appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).