chordate
/ˈkɔːɹdeɪt/noun, adjective
chordate is spelled C-H-O-R-D-A-T-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chordate means “A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chordate is chordates.
How many letters and syllables are in chordate?
| Letters | 8: C-H-O-R-D-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is chordate?
Chordate appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th 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 chordate?
- UK /ˈkɔːdeɪt/
- US /ˈkɔːɹdeɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-chordate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with chordate
Sounds like: caudate, cordate (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with chordate?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as chordate from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹdeɪt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of chordate
- chordates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chordate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A member of the phylum Chordata; numerous animals having a notochord at some stage of their development; in vertebrates this develops into the spine.
adjective
- 1
Of such animals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Chordate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a member of the phylum Chordata:
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 chordate come from?
Borrowed from Translingual Chordata.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).