cellmate
noun
cellmate is spelled C-E-L-L-M-A-T-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cellmate means “A person with whom one shares a prison cell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cellmate is cellmates.
How many letters and syllables are in cellmate?
| Letters | 8: C-E-L-L-M-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,913th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cellmate?
Cellmate appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th 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 cellmate?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cellmate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cellmate
- cellmates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cellmate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person with whom one shares a prison cell.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cellmate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person with whom one shares a prison cell:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | compagnon de cellule |
| German | Zellengenosse |
| Portuguese | companheiro de cela |
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.
Where does cellmate come from?
From cell + -mate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).