légendaire
\le.ʒɑ̃.dɛʁ\
The verdict
“légendaire” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,459. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,459
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne la légende ; qui nous a été transmis par la légende.
Corpus desk
Index FR-legendaire · légendaire · French
légendaire · rank #7,459 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #7,459
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH logistique
Nearest frequency peer: logistique (-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 « légendaire »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- lions
lions
92,545 corpus weight
- locataire
locataire
92,544 corpus weight
- logistique
logistique
92,543 corpus weight
- légendaire
légendaire
92,542 corpus weight
- maintenance
maintenance
92,541 corpus weight
- masses
masses
92,540 corpus weight
What this shows « légendaire » 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 | légendaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \le.ʒɑ̃.dɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,459 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « légendaire »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around légendaire (IPA \le.ʒɑ̃.dɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,459 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for légendaire, with forms such as "legendaire", "lgéendaire", and "llégendaire". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "légendaires", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is légendaire, spelled L-É-G-E-N-D-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui concerne la légende ; qui nous a été transmis par la légende.
- 2Qui est digne d’être célèbre par la légende.
- 3Dont on se souvient avec amusement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how légendaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les trolls font partie des personnages légendaires qui peuplent les croyances islandaises. Les Islandais donnent ainsi une histoire aux fameuses formations rocheuses Reynisdrangar à Vík. Deux trolls auraient essayé de tirer un trois-mâts sur le rivage, mais la lumière du petit matin les surprit, les transformant aussitôt en pierre.
Récit légendaire.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- legendaire
- lgéendaire
- llégendaire
- léegndaire
- légednaire
- légenadire
- légendaier
- légendairre
- légendarie
- légenddaire
- légendiare
- légenndaire
- léggendaire
- légnedaire
- élgendaire
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of légendaire - 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.
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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).