clathrate
/ˈklæθɹeɪt/adjective, noun
clathrate is spelled C-L-A-T-H-R-A-T-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, clathrate means “Having a lattice-like structure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in clathrate?
| Letters | 9: C-L-A-T-H-R-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th 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 clathrate?
Clathrate appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th 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 clathrate?
- /ˈklæθɹeɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-clathrate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of clathrate
- clathrates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does clathrate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having a lattice-like structure.
- 2
Of an inclusion complex: in which molecules of one compound are enclosed within the crystal structure of another.
noun
- 1
A clathrate compound.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Clathrate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense clathrate compound:
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 clathrate come from?
From Latin clāthrātus, from clāthrī (“lattice”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun is from the clipping of clathrate compound, see -ate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).