legitim
\leɡiˈtiːm\
The verdict
“legitim” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Légitime.
Corpus desk
Index FR-legitim · legitim · French
legitim · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | legitim |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \leɡiˈtiːm\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « legitim » en français
Rare enough to double-check
legitim is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \leɡiˈtiːm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Légitime.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for legitim, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 legitim, spelled L-E-G-I-T-I-M.
Definition
- 1Légitime.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how legitim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein Verhalten war legitim.
(Präsident Lula hat) gewiss legitime Interessen Brasiliens vertreten, das als gewichtigstes Land Lateinamerikas mehr internationales Mitspracherecht verdient.
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.