annunciate
/əˈnʌnsɪeɪt/
"annunciate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“annunciate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To announce.
Corpus desk
Index EN-annunciate · annunciate · English
annunciate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | annunciate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈnʌnsɪeɪt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “annunciate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
annunciate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /əˈnʌnsɪeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To announce.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for annunciate, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From annunciātus, Medieval Latin alternative spelling of annuntiātus, past participle of Latin annūntiāre. Doublet of announce. The correct English form is annunciate, spelled A-N-N-U-N-C-I-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To announce.
Etymology
From annunciātus, Medieval Latin alternative spelling of annuntiātus, past participle of Latin annūntiāre. Doublet of announce.
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.