agglutinate
/əˈɡluːtɪnət/
"agglutinate" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agglutinate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
Corpus desk
Index EN-agglutinate · agglutinate · English
agglutinate · 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 | agglutinate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈɡluːtɪnət/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “agglutinate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
agglutinate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˈɡluːtɪnət/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
agglutinate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin agglūtinātus, past participle of agglūtināre, adglūtināre (“to glue or cement to a thing”), from ad (“to”) + glūtināre (“to glue”), from glūten (“paste, glue”). The correct English form is agglutinate, spelled A-G-G-L-U-T-I-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1United with glue or as with glue; cemented together.
- 2Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how agglutinate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
an agglutinate language
an agglutinate family of languages
Etymology
From Latin agglūtinātus, past participle of agglūtināre, adglūtināre (“to glue or cement to a thing”), from ad (“to”) + glūtināre (“to glue”), from glūten (“paste, glue”).
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.