législation

\le.ʒi.sla.sjɔ̃\

/\le.ʒi.sla.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“législation” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,777. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,777
frequency rank, French
2,567
“L” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Droit de faire les lois.

Corpus desk

Index FR-legislation · législation · French

législation · rank #4,777 · 17 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,777
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,567
  • PHOTO-FINISH manquent

Nearest frequency peer: manquent (+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 « législation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « législation » 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).

législation vs législative
82% similar
législation vs législations
92% similar
législation vs législatif
82% similar

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

Key facts for législation
PropertyValue
Headwordlégislation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\le.ʒi.sla.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#4,777
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « législation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).législationse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « manquent » (#4,778), « lourde » (#4,775), « Louise » (#4,774). Parmi 2,567 lemmes en « L », « législation » est au #4,777. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around législation (IPA \le.ʒi.sla.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,777 among 2,567 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for législation, with forms such as "legislation", "lgéislation", and "llégislation". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "législative", "législations", "législatif", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 législation, spelled L-É-G-I-S-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Droit de faire les lois.
  2. 2
    Corps même de ces lois.
  3. 3
    Science, de la connaissance des lois.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans les gouvernements constitutionnels, la législation n’appartient qu’au Parlement.
  2. C'est à l'idéologie, à cette ténébreuse métaphysique qui, en recherchant avec subtilité les causes premières , veut sur ses bases fonder la législation des peuples, au lieu d'approprier les lois à la connaissance du cœur humain et aux leçons de l'histoire, qu'il faut attribuer tous les malheurs qu'a éprouvés notre belle France.

This word in other languages

legislation(English)legislación(Español)Gesetzgebung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • legislation
  • lgéislation
  • llégislation
  • léggislation
  • légilsation
  • légisaltion
  • législaiton
  • législatino
  • législationn
  • législatoin
  • législattion
  • législlation
  • législtaion
  • légisslation
  • légsilation
  • léigslation
  • élgislation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of législation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

legislation1lgéislation2llégislation1léggislation1légilsation2légisaltion2législaiton2législatino2
Edit distance from "législation"

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 "législation"?
"législation" is spelled L-É-G-I-S-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \le.ʒi.sla.sjɔ̃\.
What does "législation" mean?
As a noun, "législation" means: Droit de faire les lois.
What words are commonly confused with "législation"?
"législation" is commonly confused with "législative", "législations", "législatif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "législation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "législation" is \le.ʒi.sla.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "législation" come from?
"législation" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "législation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

imagination#4,766découvertes#4,750culturelles#4,744connaissais#4,739

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

alimentaires17 variantstraitements17 variantsspécifiques17 variantscontraintes17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list