ilegível
Portuguese, adjective/i.leˈʒi.vew/
ilegível is spelled I-L-E-G-Í-V-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 55,453rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ilegível is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “illegible, unreadable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não se pode ler ou que é de difícil leitura”.
What does ilegível mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineillegible, unreadable
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não se pode ler ou que é de difícil leitura
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ilegível
- ilegíveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ilegível?
- Brazil /i.leˈʒi.vew/
- Brazil [i.leˈʒi.veʊ̯]
- Portugal /i.lɨˈʒi.vɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ilegível
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ilegível in Portuguese?
ilegível appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).