légale

\le.ɡal\

/\le.ɡal\/ adj

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The verdict

“légale” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,249. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,249
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de légal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-legale · légale · French

légale · rank #4,249 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,249
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH littéralement

Nearest frequency peer: littéralement (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « légale »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « légale » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

légale vs légat
67% similar
légale vs lègue
50% similar
légale vs locale
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for légale
PropertyValue
Headwordlégale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\le.ɡal\
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,249
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « légale »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).légalese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « littéralement » (#4,248), « marcel » (#4,250), « lentement » (#4,247). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « légale » est au #4,249. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around légale (IPA \le.ɡal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,249 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de légal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for légale, with forms such as "legale", "lgéale", and "llégale". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "légat", "lègue", "locale", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is légale, spelled L-É-G-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de légal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how légale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Obligation légale, le plan de récolement qui vient d’être lancé s'achèvera en 2025…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • legale
  • lgéale
  • llégale
  • léagle
  • légael
  • légalle
  • léggale
  • léglae
  • élgale

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of légale - 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.

legale1lgéale2llégale1léagle2légael2légalle1léggale1léglae2
Edit distance from "légale"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "légale"?
"légale" is spelled L-É-G-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \le.ɡal\.
What does "légale" mean?
As an adjective, "légale" means: Féminin singulier de légal.
What words are commonly confused with "légale"?
"légale" is commonly confused with "légat", "lègue", "locale". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "légale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "légale" is \le.ɡal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "légale" come from?
"légale" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "légale", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marcel#4,250Justin#4,246parait#4,261fautes#4,233

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

recueil9 variantscarton9 variantsbenoît9 variantsbasket9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list