legend
\ˈleːɡn̩t\
The verdict
“legend” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,316. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,316
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de legen.
Corpus desk
Index FR-legend · legend · French
legend · rank #22,316 · 9 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,316
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH LC
Nearest frequency peer: LC (-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 « legend »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Laurentides
Laurentides
77,687 corpus weight
- LC
LC
77,686 corpus weight
- legend
legend
77,685 corpus weight
- lisière
lisière
77,684 corpus weight
- locations
locations
77,683 corpus weight
- Lombard
Lombard
77,682 corpus weight
What this shows « legend » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | legend |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈleːɡn̩t\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,316 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « legend »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around legend (IPA \ˈleːɡn̩t\), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,316 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de legen.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for legend, with forms such as "elgend", "leegnd", and "legedn". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "leger", "légère", "légers", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is legend, spelled L-E-G-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de legen.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- elgend
- leegnd
- legedn
- legendd
- legennd
- leggend
- legned
- lgeend
- llegend
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of legend - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).