extralegal
\ɛkstʁaleˈɡaːl\
The verdict
“extralegal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extra-légal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-extralegal · extralegal · French
extralegal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extralegal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛkstʁaleˈɡaːl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « extralegal » en français
Rare enough to double-check
extralegal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛkstʁaleˈɡaːl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Extra-légal.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for extralegal, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is extralegal, spelled E-X-T-R-A-L-E-G-A-L.
Definition
- 1Extra-légal.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.