legar

/lɨ.ˈɡaɾ/

//lɨ.ˈɡaɾ// verb

The verdict

“legar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,961 among 581 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,961
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deixar como legado

Corpus desk

Index PT-legar · legar · Portuguese

legar · rank #62,961 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,961
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH levitar

Nearest frequency peer: levitar (+4 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “legar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “legar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for legar
PropertyValue
Headwordlegar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/lɨ.ˈɡaɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#62,961
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “legar” em português

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “levitar” (#62,965), “laundry” (#62,956), “Lacombe” (#62,952). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “legar” fica em #62,961. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

legar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,961 among 581 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /lɨ.ˈɡaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deixar como legado".

No misspelling variants are generated for legar in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is legar, spelled L-E-G-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    deixar como legado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Os pais têm o direito de legar aos seus os seus bens, sem que nenhuma instância tenha o direito de interferir nessa relação.

This word in other languages

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 "legar"?
"legar" is spelled L-E-G-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /lɨ.ˈɡaɾ/.
What does "legar" mean?
As a verb, "legar" means: deixar como legado
How do you pronounce "legar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "legar" is /lɨ.ˈɡaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "legar" come from?
"legar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list