dementate
/dɪˈmɛnteɪt/
"dementate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dementate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To dement, to make crazy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dementate · dementate · English
dementate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | dementate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪˈmɛnteɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dementate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dementate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /dɪˈmɛnteɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To dement, to make crazy.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for dementate, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in 1628; borrowed from Latin dēmentātus, perfect passive participle of dēmentō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The correct English form is dementate, spelled D-E-M-E-N-T-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To dement, to make crazy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dementate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
as if they had all […] landed in the mad haven in the Euxine Sea of Daphne insana, which had a secret quality to dementate […].
Etymology
First attested in 1628; borrowed from Latin dēmentātus, perfect passive participle of dēmentō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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.