concatenate
/kənˈkæ.tə.neɪt/verb, adjective
concatenate is spelled C-O-N-C-A-T-E-N-A-T-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, concatenate means “To join or link together, as though in a chain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in concatenate?
| Letters | 11: C-O-N-C-A-T-E-N-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is concatenate?
Concatenate 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 concatenate?
- US /kənˈkæ.tə.neɪt/
Concatenate has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-concatenate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of concatenate
- concatenates present, singular, he/she/it
- concatenating participle, present
- concatenated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does concatenate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To join or link together, as though in a chain.
- 2
To join (text strings) together.
Concatenating "shoe" with "string" yields "shoestring".
adjective
- 1
Joined together as if in a chain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Concatenate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense link together:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | enchaîner, concaténer |
| German | verknüpfen, konkatenieren, verbinden, zusammenknüpfen, verketten |
| Portuguese | concatenar |
| Spanish | concatenar, concadenar |
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 concatenate come from?
From the perfect passive participle stem of Latin concatēnāre (“to link or chain together”), from con- (“with”) + catēnō (“chain, bind”), from catēna (“a chain”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).