borate
"borate" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“borate” is uncommon English (frequency #88,137 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,137
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The oxyanion BO₃³⁻ or any of several more complex derivatives
Corpus desk
Index EN-borate · borate · English
borate · rank #88,137 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,137
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Borgen
Nearest frequency peer: Borgen (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “borate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- BNF
BNF
11,868 corpus weight
- borate
borate
11,864 corpus weight
- Borgen
Borgen
11,863 corpus weight
- Botelho
Botelho
11,862 corpus weight
- bothy
bothy
11,861 corpus weight
- boudin
boudin
11,860 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “borate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | borate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,137 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “borate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
borate is uncommon English at frequency #88,137 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for borate, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bor(on) + -ate The correct English form is borate, spelled B-O-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1The oxyanion BO₃³⁻ or any of several more complex derivatives
- 2A salt or ester formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical
Etymology
From bor(on) + -ate
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).