cremate
/ˈkɹimeɪt/
"cremate" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cremate” is uncommon English (frequency #82,200 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,200
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To burn something to ashes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cremate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈkɹimeɪt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cremate” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cremate is uncommon English at frequency #82,200 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈkɹimeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for cremate in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō (“to burn to ashes; to cremate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). The correct English form is cremate, spelled C-R-E-M-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To burn something to ashes.
- 2To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).
Etymology
First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō (“to burn to ashes; to cremate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
This word in other languages
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 “cremate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-E-M-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɹimeɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.