deglutinate
/diːˈɡluːtɪneɪt/
"deglutinate" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deglutinate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unites; to unglue.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deglutinate · deglutinate · English
deglutinate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deglutinate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /diːˈɡluːtɪneɪt/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “deglutinate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
deglutinate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /diːˈɡluːtɪneɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for deglutinate in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in 1609; borrowed from Latin dēglūtinātus, perfect passive participle of dēglūtinō (“to unglue”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + glūtinō (“to glue”), from gluten (“glue”) + -ō. The correct English form is deglutinate, spelled D-E-G-L-U-T-I-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unites; to unglue.
- 2To remove or extract gluten from.
Etymology
First attested in 1609; borrowed from Latin dēglūtinātus, perfect passive participle of dēglūtinō (“to unglue”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + glūtinō (“to glue”), from gluten (“glue”) + -ō.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.