beatify
/biˈætɪfaɪ/
"beatify" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“beatify” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To make blissful.
Corpus desk
Index EN-beatify · beatify · English
beatify · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | beatify |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /biˈætɪfaɪ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “beatify” in English
Rare enough to double-check
beatify is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /biˈætɪfaɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for beatify, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French béatifier, from Medieval Latin beātifico (“I bless”). The correct English form is beatify, spelled B-E-A-T-I-F-Y.
Definition
- 1To make blissful.
- 2To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
- 3To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how beatify appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[T]hat assertion of the wise man: 'Labor not for riches; wilt thou set thy heart on that which is not?' it, well applied, will pluck down the high places reared to this great idol of clay in men's hearts: will confute the common conceits and phrases which so beatify wealth; […]
Etymology
From French béatifier, from Medieval Latin beātifico (“I bless”).
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.