automate
/ˈɔ.təˌmeɪt/verb
automate is spelled A-U-T-O-M-A-T-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, automate means “To replace or enhance human labor with machines” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in automate?
| Letters | 8: A-U-T-O-M-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,092nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is automate?
Automate appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce automate?
- UK /ˈɔːtəmeɪt/
- British /ˈoːtəmɛjt/
- US /ˈɔ.təˌmeɪt/
Automate has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-automate.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of automate
- automates present, singular, he/she/it
- automating participle, present
- automated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does automate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To replace or enhance human labor with machines.
Many offices still need to automate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Automate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to replace or enhance human labor with machines:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | automatiser |
| German | automatisieren |
| Portuguese | automatizar |
| Spanish | automatizar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.