# associate

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #3,668

## Definitions
1. Joined with another or others and having lower status.
2. Having partial status or privileges.
3. Following or accompanying; concomitant.
4. Connected by habit or sympathy.

## Etymology
From Middle English associat(e) (used participially as well as adjectively up to Early Modern English), from Latin associātus, the perfect passive participle of associō (“to join, unite”), from ad- + sociō, from socius (“shared, common, kindred”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **associated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/associate-vs-associated)
- **associates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/associate-vs-associates)
- **associative** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/associate-vs-associative)

## Common misspellings (10)
`asociate`, `asosciate`, `asscoiate`, `assocaite`, `assocciate`, `associaet`, `associatte`, `associtae`, `assoicate`, `sasociate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/associate