légales

\le.ɡal\

/\le.ɡal\/ adj

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The verdict

“légales” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,265. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,265
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-legales · légales · French

légales · rank #8,265 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,265
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lucien

Nearest frequency peer: Lucien (-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 « légales »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « légales » 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).

légales vs létale
71% similar
légales vs locales
71% similar
légales vs légumes
71% similar

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

Key facts for légales
PropertyValue
Headwordlégales
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\le.ɡal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,265
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « légales »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.légalesse 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 « Lucien » (#8,264), « législatif » (#8,266), « line » (#8,263). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « légales » est au #8,265. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around légales (IPA \le.ɡal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,265 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de légal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for légales, with forms such as "legales", "lgéales", and "llégales". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "létale", "locales", "légumes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is légales, spelled L-É-G-A-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de légal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. « Les conditions légales d’usage de l’arme ne sont pas réunies », a estimé devant la presse le procureur, Pascal Prache.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • legales
  • lgéales
  • llégales
  • léagles
  • légaels
  • légaless
  • légalles
  • légalse
  • léggales
  • léglaes
  • élgales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of légales - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

legales1lgéales2llégales1léagles2légaels2légaless1légalles1légalse2
Edit distance from "légales"

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 "légales"?
"légales" is spelled L-É-G-A-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \le.ɡal\.
What does "légales" mean?
As an adjective, "légales" means: Féminin pluriel de légal.
What words are commonly confused with "légales"?
"légales" is commonly confused with "létale", "locales", "légumes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "légales"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "légales" is \le.ɡal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "légales" come from?
"légales" 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 "légales", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

laissée#8,261incarne#8,254parrain#8,283explose#8,240

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

ouvrière11 variantsprofils11 variantsentourée11 variantsdirects11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list