Légion étrangère
\le.ʒjɔ̃ e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\
The verdict
“Légion étrangère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Corps de l’armée de terre française, formé en 1831, composé en majorité d’étrangers.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Légion étrangère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \le.ʒjɔ̃ e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Légion étrangère” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Légion étrangère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \le.ʒjɔ̃ e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Corps de l’armée de terre française, formé en 1831, composé en majorité d’étrangers.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Légion étrangère in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Légion étrangère, spelled L-É-G-I-O-N- -É-T-R-A-N-G-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Corps de l’armée de terre française, formé en 1831, composé en majorité d’étrangers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Légion étrangère”
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- The one correct French spelling is L-É-G-I-O-N- -É-T-R-A-N-G-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \le.ʒjɔ̃ e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.