adulate
/ˈæ.d͡ʒə.leɪt/
"adulate" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“adulate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To flatter effusively.
Corpus desk
Index EN-adulate · adulate · English
adulate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | adulate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈæ.d͡ʒə.leɪt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “adulate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
adulate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈæ.d͡ʒə.leɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To flatter effusively.".
Zero misspellings are on record for adulate in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: A learned borrowing from Latin adūlor. The correct English form is adulate, spelled A-D-U-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To flatter effusively.
Etymology
A learned borrowing from Latin adūlor.
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.