# commensurate

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/ · frequency rank #35,659

## Definitions
1. Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard.
2. Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative position
3. Describing two numbers within the same Archimedean class, so that neither is infinitely larger than the other.

## Etymology
First attested in 1641; borrowed from Late Latin commēnsūrātus, from com- (“together, with”) + mēnsūrātus, perfect passive participle of mēnsūrō (“to measure, to estimate”), (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin mēnsūra (“measure”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

## Common misspellings (16)
`ccommensurate`, `cmomensurate`, `comemnsurate`, `comensurate`, `commennsurate`, `commensruate`, `commenssurate`, `commensuarte`, `commensuraet`, `commensuratte`, `commensurrate`, `commensurtae`, `commenusrate`, `commesnurate`, `commnesurate`, `ocmmensurate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/commensurate