legal

/lɨ.ˈɡaɫ/

//lɨ.ˈɡaɫ// adj

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The verdict

“legal” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #478. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#478
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - de acordo com a lei

Corpus desk

Index PT-legal · legal · Portuguese

legal · rank #478 · 7 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #478
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH longo

Nearest frequency peer: longo (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “legal”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “legal” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

legal vs leva
60% similar
legal vs lema
60% similar
legal vs lego
60% similar

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

Key facts for legal
PropertyValue
Headwordlegal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/lɨ.ˈɡaɫ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#478
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “legal”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).legalcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “longo” (#479), “fato” (#475), “educação” (#474). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “legal” fica em #478. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around legal (IPA /lɨ.ˈɡaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #478 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for legal, with forms such as "elgal", "leagl", and "legall". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "leva", "lema", "lego", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is legal, spelled L-E-G-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    de acordo com a lei
  2. 2
    interessante, agradável

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "Não é legal vender CD pirata."
  2. "Paulo é um cara legal."

Synonyms

lícitobomexcelentefixemaravilhoso

Antonyms

ilegalchato

This word in other languages

legal(English)legal(Español)légal(Français)gesetzlich(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elgal
  • leagl
  • legall
  • leggal
  • legla
  • lgeal
  • llegal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of legal - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

elgal2leagl2legall1leggal1legla2lgeal2llegal1
Edit distance from "legal"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "legal"?
"legal" is spelled L-E-G-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /lɨ.ˈɡaɫ/.
What does "legal" mean?
As an adjective, "legal" means: de acordo com a lei
What words are commonly confused with "legal"?
"legal" is commonly confused with "leva", "lema", "lego". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "legal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "legal" is /lɨ.ˈɡaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "legal" come from?
"legal" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

longo#479passa#469campo#488fácil#464

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

junho7 variantslista7 variantsforte7 variantspapel7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list