légitimiser
\le.ʒi.ti.mi.ze\
The verdict
“légitimiser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante (contestée) de légitimer (faire considérer comme légitime).
Corpus desk
Index FR-legitimiser · légitimiser · French
légitimiser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | légitimiser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \le.ʒi.ti.mi.ze\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
légitimiser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \le.ʒi.ti.mi.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante (contestée) de légitimer (faire considérer comme légitime).".
légitimiser has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented 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 légitimiser, spelled L-É-G-I-T-I-M-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Variante (contestée) de légitimer (faire considérer comme légitime).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how légitimiser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le sens critique, là où il agit avec la sûreté de l’instinct, agit trop soudainement pour être capable de légitimiser ses impressions.
Au contraire, légitimiser la frontière, lui donner corps et unité le légitimise lui, lui permet d’exister, donne un sens à sa vie.
Antonyms
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.