# legitimado vs legítimo

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### legitimado
*verb · IPA [lexit̪iˈmað̞o] · frequency rank #44,286*
Participio de legitimar.

### legítimo
*adjective · IPA [leˈxit̪imo] · frequency rank #7,450*
Que se ajusta a la ley.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/legitimado-vs-legitimo