conjugate
/ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt/
"conjugate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“conjugate” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #34,446 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #34,446
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conjugate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #34,446 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “conjugate” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for conjugate is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #34,446 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for conjugate, with forms such as "cconjugate", "cnojugate", and "cojnugate". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "consulate", "conjugated", "conjugal", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: The adjective (as “combined, united”) and noun are first attested in 1471, in Middle English, the verb in 1530; partly from Middle English conjugat(e) (“combined, united”), partly directly borrowed from New Latin coniugātus, the perfect passive participle o… The correct English form is conjugate, spelled C-O-N-J-U-G-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.
- 2To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
- 3To join together, to unite; to juxtapose.
- 4To temporarily fuse, exchanging or transferring DNA.
Etymology
The adjective (as “combined, united”) and noun are first attested in 1471, in Middle English, the verb in 1530; partly from Middle English conjugat(e) (“combined, united”), partly directly borrowed from New Latin coniugātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin coniugō (“to yoke together, combine; (New Latin) to conjugate, decline, inflect”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from con- (“with”) + iugō (“to join”). In Classical Latin, the word for conjugate (grammar) was dēclīnō, coniugō is a later back-formation from post-classical coniugātiō (“conjugation, declension”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconjugate,cnojugate,cojnugate,conjguate,conjjugate,conjuagte,conjugaet,conjugatte,conjuggate,conjugtae,connjugate,conujgate,ocnjugate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conjugate - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “conjugate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-J-U-G-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “consulate” - see the side-by-side comparison. conjugate vs consulate
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.