legislação

/lɨ.ʒiʒ.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//lɨ.ʒiʒ.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“legislação” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,103. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,103
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - direito de fazer leis

Corpus desk

Index PT-legislacao · legislação · Portuguese

legislação · rank #2,103 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,103
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH juventude

Nearest frequency peer: juventude (-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 “legislação”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “legislação” 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
Key facts for legislação
PropertyValue
Headwordlegislação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/lɨ.ʒiʒ.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters10
Frequency rank#2,103
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “legislação”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).legislaçãocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “juventude” (#2,102), “liderança” (#2,104), “juro” (#2,101). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “legislação” fica em #2,103. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around legislação (IPA /lɨ.ʒiʒ.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,103 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for legislação, with forms such as "elgislação", "leggislação", and "legilsação". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is legislação, spelled L-E-G-I-S-L-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    direito de fazer leis
  2. 2
    ciência das leis
  3. 3
    coleção de leis de um país
  4. 4
    conjunto de leis acerca de matéria particular

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • elgislação
  • leggislação
  • legilsação
  • legisalção
  • legislaãço
  • legislaçoã
  • legisllação
  • legislçaão
  • legisslação
  • legsilação
  • leigslação
  • lgeislação
  • llegislação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of legislação - 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.

elgislação2leggislação1legilsação2legisalção2legislaãço2legislaçoã2legisllação1legislçaão2
Edit distance from "legislação"

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 "legislação"?
"legislação" is spelled L-E-G-I-S-L-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /lɨ.ʒiʒ.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "legislação" mean?
As a noun, "legislação" means: direito de fazer leis
What are common misspellings of "legislação"?
Common misspellings include "elgislação", "leggislação", "legilsação", "legisalção", "legislaãço". The correct spelling is "legislação".
How do you pronounce "legislação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "legislação" is /lɨ.ʒiʒ.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "legislação" come from?
"legislação" 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 "legislação", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

indivíduos#2,099humanidade#2,098Washington#2,125felicidade#2,142

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

juventude13 variantsprovíncia13 variantsfortaleza13 variantspropósito13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list