Designate
[dezɪˈɡnaːtə]
The verdict
“Designate” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Designat
Corpus desk
Index DE-designate · Designate · German
Designate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Designate |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dezɪˈɡnaːtə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Designate“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Designate is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [dezɪˈɡnaːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Designate, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Designate, spelled D-E-S-I-G-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Designat
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Designat
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.