légat

\le.ɡa\

/\le.ɡa\/ noun

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The verdict

“légat” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,638. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,638
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ambassadeur, lieutenant d’un commandant d'armée, ou haut fonctionnaire romain.

Corpus desk

Index FR-legat · légat · French

légat · rank #28,638 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,638
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH lyrics

Nearest frequency peer: lyrics (-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 « légat »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « légat » 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).

légat vs lent
40% similar
légat vs LGBT
0% similar
légat vs liga
60% similar

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

Key facts for légat
PropertyValue
Headwordlégat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\le.ɡa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,638
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « légat »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.légatse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lyrics » (#28,637), « machette » (#28,639), « lupus » (#28,636). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « légat » est au #28,638. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around légat (IPA \le.ɡa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,638 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for légat, with forms such as "legat", "lgéat", and "llégat". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lent", "LGBT", "liga", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is légat, spelled L-É-G-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ambassadeur, lieutenant d’un commandant d'armée, ou haut fonctionnaire romain.
  2. 2
    Cardinal préposé par le pape pour gouverner quelque province de l’état ecclésiastique.
  3. 3
    Cardinal envoyé, avec des pouvoirs extraordinaires, par le Pape auprès d’un gouvernement, à un concile, etc.
  4. 4
    (vieilli) Diplomate d'un rang inférieur à celui d'ambassadeur (ministre plénipotentiaire) à la tête d'une mission diplomatique nommée légation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En 1145, un légat pontifical prêcha contre eux. Eudes et sa troupe d'« éonites » gagnèrent alors la Gascogne, puis la Champagne.
  2. Parmi un concours de peuple considérable — estimé à 150 000 personnes —, la cérémonie serait présidée par S. Em. le cardinal Villeneuve, archevêque de Québec, légat de Sa Sainteté le pape Pie XII, entouré de nombreux évêques et archevêques : […].

This word in other languages

legate(English)legado(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • legat
  • lgéat
  • llégat
  • léagt
  • légatt
  • léggat
  • légta
  • élgat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of légat - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

legat1lgéat2llégat1léagt2légatt1léggat1légta2élgat2
Edit distance from "légat"

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 "légat"?
"légat" is spelled L-É-G-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \le.ɡa\.
What does "légat" mean?
As a noun, "légat" means: Ambassadeur, lieutenant d’un commandant d'armée, ou haut fonctionnaire romain.
What words are commonly confused with "légat"?
"légat" is commonly confused with "lent", "LGBT", "liga". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "légat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "légat" is \le.ɡa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "légat" come from?
"légat" 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 "légat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lupus#28,636liner#28,631Jenna#28,616Jamel#28,615

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Lorette8 variantsLaffont8 variantsOsiris8 variantsparks8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list