castellate
/ˈkastələt/
"castellate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“castellate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - castle-like: built or shaped like a castle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-castellate · castellate · English
castellate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | castellate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkastələt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “castellate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
castellate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkastələt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for castellate, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified” “made into a castle”), from castellum (“little fortification, castle”) + -ātus (forming participial adjectives). By surface analysis, Latin castellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) or castle + -ate. The correct English form is castellate, spelled C-A-S-T-E-L-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1castle-like: built or shaped like a castle.
- 2Castled: having or furnished with castles.
- 3Housed or kept in a castle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how castellate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
...The living porphyry, in towers around Grotesquely castellate...
...Heights castellate...
Etymology
From Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified” “made into a castle”), from castellum (“little fortification, castle”) + -ātus (forming participial adjectives). By surface analysis, Latin castellum + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) or castle + -ate.
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.