# conjugate

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt/ · frequency rank #34,446

## Definitions
1. To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.
2. To multiply on the left by one element and on the right by its inverse.
3. To join together, to unite; to juxtapose.
4. To 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **consulate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conjugate-vs-consulate)
- **conjugated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conjugate-vs-conjugated)
- **conjugal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conjugal-vs-conjugate)

## Common misspellings (13)
`cconjugate`, `cnojugate`, `cojnugate`, `conjguate`, `conjjugate`, `conjuagte`, `conjugaet`, `conjugatte`, `conjuggate`, `conjugtae`, `connjugate`, `conujgate`, `ocnjugate`

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