# corporate

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/ · frequency rank #2,287

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to a corporation.
2. Formed into a corporation; incorporated.
3. Unified into one body; collective.
4. Soulless and inoffensive; sanitized and sterile, like a design from a large corporation.

## Etymology
The adjective is first attested in 1429, the noun in 1849; from Middle English corporat(e) (“(if a true adjective) corporeal, physical, embodied; (participle/participial adjective) incorporated; corporated, constituted as a legal corporation”, used as the past participle of corporaten), from Latin corporātus, perfect passive participle of corporō (“to make into a body”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from corpus (“body”, oblique stem in corp-) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **corporal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corporal-vs-corporate)
- **cooperate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cooperate-vs-corporate)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ccorporate`, `coprorate`, `coroprate`, `corpoarte`, `corporaet`, `corporatte`, `corporrate`, `corportae`, `corpporate`, `corproate`, `corrporate`, `croporate`, `ocrporate`

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