legislatura
[lexislaˈt̪uɾa]
The verdict
“legislatura” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,849 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,849
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Período durante el cual funcionan los cuerpos legislativos.
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 | legislatura |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lexislaˈt̪uɾa] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #5,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “legislatura” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for legislatura is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lexislaˈt̪uɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,849 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for legislatura, with forms such as "elgislatura", "leggislatura", and "legilsatura". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "legislaturas", "legislativa", "legisladora", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is legislatura, spelled L-E-G-I-S-L-A-T-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1Período durante el cual funcionan los cuerpos legislativos.
- 2Período de sesiones de Cortes Generales durante el cual subsisten la mesa y las comisiones permanentes elegidas en cada cuerpo colegislador.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elgislatura,leggislatura,legilsatura,legisaltura,legislatrua,legislattura,legislatuar,legislaturra,legislautra,legisllatura,legisltaura,legisslatura,legsilatura,leigslatura,lgeislatura,llegislatura
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of legislatura - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “legislatura”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is L-E-G-I-S-L-A-T-U-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lexislaˈt̪uɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “legislaturas” - see the side-by-side comparison. legislatura vs legislaturas
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.