cingulate
"cingulate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cingulate” is uncommon English (frequency #64,988 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,988
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to a cingulum.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cingulate · cingulate · English
cingulate · rank #64,988 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,988
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chutzpah
Nearest frequency peer: chutzpah (-3 rank slots)
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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 “cingulate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Cheyne
Cheyne
35,019 corpus weight
- chutzpah
chutzpah
35,016 corpus weight
- cingulate
cingulate
35,013 corpus weight
- Cisneros
Cisneros
35,010 corpus weight
- citrine
citrine
35,009 corpus weight
- clamshell
clamshell
35,008 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cingulate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cingulate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cingulate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cingulate is uncommon English at frequency #64,988 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pertaining to a cingulum.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cingulate in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cingulum + -ate. The correct English form is cingulate, spelled C-I-N-G-U-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to a cingulum.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cingulate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex — a comma-shaped region near the front of the brain that is involved in decision-making. By contrast, those who identified as conservatives had larger amygdalas — almond-shaped structures that are…
Etymology
From cingulum + -ate.
Synonyms
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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