agnate
/ˈæɡneɪt/
"agnate" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agnate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
Corpus desk
Index EN-agnate · agnate · English
agnate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | agnate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæɡneɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “agnate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
agnate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæɡneɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for agnate in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”). The correct English form is agnate, spelled A-G-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
- 2Any paternal male relative.
- 3A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how agnate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A great-grandfather is an agnate if he is your father’s father’s father.
Men accuse agnates of their own generation of bewitching them.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”).
Antonyms
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.