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congregate

UK /ˈkɒŋɡɹəɡeɪt/verb, adjective

congregate is spelled C-O-N-G-R-E-G-A-T-E: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, congregate means “To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in congregate?

Letters10: C-O-N-G-R-E-G-A-T-E
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 1 million words; the 31,974th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 congregate?

Congregate appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th 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 congregate?

  • UK /ˈkɒŋɡɹəɡeɪt/

As an adjective (“Congregated”): /ˈkɒŋɡɹəɡət/.

Congregate has 3 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-congregate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of congregate

  • congregates present, singular, he/she/it
  • congregating participle, present
  • congregated participle, past
  • more congregate comparative
  • most congregate superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does congregate mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.

  2. 2

    To come together; to assemble; to meet.

adjective

  1. 1

    obsoleteCongregated.

  2. 2

    obsoleteCongregated (organized on a congregational basis).

    congregate churches

  3. 3

    rareCollective; assembled; compact.

noun

  1. 1

    obsoleteAssembled persons.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Congregate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germanansammeln, versammeln (To collect into an assembly or assemblage), zusammenkommen (To come together; to assemble; to meet)
Portuguesecongregar (To collect into an assembly or assemblage)
Spanishcongregar (To collect into an assembly or assemblage), congregarse (To come together; to assemble; to meet)

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 congregate come from?

The adjective is first attested in 1400–1450, in Middle English, the verb c. 1513; from Middle English congregat(e) (“(of people) banded together; (of liquids) accumulated; (of muscles) contracted; (of wounds) closed up”), borrowed from Latin congregātus, perfect passive participle of congregō (“to congregate”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3), from con- (“with, together”) + gregō (“to collect into a flock”), from grex (“flock, herd”). See gregarious and egregious. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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