légua

Name: légua, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈlɛ.ɡwɐ/

//ˈlɛ.ɡwɐ// noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“légua” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #68,974 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#68,974
frequency rank, Portuguese: 5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - medida de distância em vigor antes da adoção do sistema métrico, cujo valor varia de acordo com a época, país ou região; no Brasil, vale aproximadamente 6.600 m, em Portugal, 5.572 m

Key facts for légua
Property	Value
Headword	légua
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈlɛ.ɡwɐ/
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#68,974
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “légua” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). légua lands here:

#68,974

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for légua is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈlɛ.ɡwɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #68,974 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

légua has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is légua, spelled L-É-G-U-A.

Definition

1
medida de distância em vigor antes da adoção do sistema métrico, cujo valor varia de acordo com a época, país ou região; no Brasil, vale aproximadamente 6.600 m, em Portugal, 5.572 m
2
(Derivação: por extensão de sentido): distância não especificada que se imagina grande ou muito grande; grande comprimento ou distância (mais usadado no plural)

This word in other languages

league(English)legua(Español)lieue(Français)

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 "légua"?

"légua" is spelled L-É-G-U-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈlɛ.ɡwɐ/.

What does "légua" mean?

As a noun, "légua" means: medida de distância em vigor antes da adoção do sistema métrico, cujo valor varia de acordo com a época, país ou região; no Brasil, vale aproximadamente 6.600 m, em Portugal, 5.572 m

How do you pronounce "légua"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "légua" is /ˈlɛ.ɡwɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "légua" come from?

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Using “légua”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-É-G-U-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ˈlɛ.ɡwɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.