acculturate
/əˈkʌl.t͡ʃəˌɹeɪt/
"acculturate" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“acculturate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To change the culture of (a person) by the influence of another culture, especially a more dominant culture.
Corpus desk
Index EN-acculturate · acculturate · English
acculturate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | acculturate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈkʌl.t͡ʃəˌɹeɪt/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “acculturate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
acculturate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /əˈkʌl.t͡ʃəˌɹeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
acculturate has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: * Back-formation from acculturation; first attested in 1923 The correct English form is acculturate, spelled A-C-C-U-L-T-U-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To change the culture of (a person) by the influence of another culture, especially a more dominant culture.
- 2To cause (a person) to acquire the culture of a society (or of a region, industry, or company), as in the case of children growing up in that culture, immigrants learning that culture, or new hires learning the ropes of a job.
- 3To be changed by acculturation.
Etymology
* Back-formation from acculturation; first attested in 1923
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.