lega
\ˈle.ɣa\
The verdict
“lega” is uncommon French (frequency #67,659 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,659
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de legar.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lega · lega · French
lega · rank #67,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,659
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH Lecointre
Nearest frequency peer: Lecointre (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « lega »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Lavilliers
Lavilliers
32,346 corpus weight
- leading
leading
32,345 corpus weight
- leaving
leaving
32,344 corpus weight
- Lecointre
Lecointre
32,343 corpus weight
- lega
lega
32,342 corpus weight
- Lepers
Lepers
32,339 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « lega » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lega |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈle.ɣa\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #67,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lega » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lega is uncommon French at frequency #67,659 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈle.ɣa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lega, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is lega, spelled L-E-G-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de legar.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier (tú) de l’impératif de de legar.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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