at-grade

adj

"at-grade" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“at-grade” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Describing a junction or intersection where two or more transport axes cross at the same level (or grade).

Corpus desk

Index EN-at-grade · at-grade · English

at-grade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 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.

Key facts for at-grade
PropertyValue
Headwordat-grade
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “at-grade” sits in English frequency

at-grade falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

at-grade is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Describing a junction or intersection where two or more transport axes cross at the same level (or grade).".

No generated misspelling entries exist for at-grade in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is at-grade, spelled A-T---G-R-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Describing a junction or intersection where two or more transport axes cross at the same level (or grade).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how at-grade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. An at-grade intersection may require a traffic-control device such as a stop sign, traffic light or railway signal to manage conflicting traffic.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "at-grade"?
"at-grade" is spelled A-T---G-R-A-D-E.
What does "at-grade" mean?
As an adjective, "at-grade" means: Describing a junction or intersection where two or more transport axes cross at the same level (or grade).
What language does "at-grade" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list