legalmente
/lɨ.ɡaɫ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/
The verdict
“legalmente” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,305 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #7,305
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - de modo legal
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | legalmente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /lɨ.ɡaɫ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #7,305 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “legalmente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for legalmente is 10 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /lɨ.ɡaɫ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,305 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "de modo legal".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for legalmente, with forms such as "elgalmente", "leaglmente", and "legalemnte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Portuguese form is legalmente, spelled L-E-G-A-L-M-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1de modo legal
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elgalmente,leaglmente,legalemnte,legallmente,legalmenet,legalmennte,legalmentte,legalmetne,legalmmente,legalmnete,legamlente,leggalmente,leglamente,lgealmente,llegalmente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of legalmente - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “legalmente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-E-G-A-L-M-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /lɨ.ɡaɫ.ˈmẽ.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.