duplicate
/ˈd(j)uː.plɪ.kət/adjective, verb, noun
duplicate is spelled D-U-P-L-I-C-A-T-E. The wrong spelling people search most is dublicate: about 60 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 71 of all searches for the word. Duplicate is an adjective meaning “Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original”.
How many letters and syllables are in duplicate?
| Letters | 9: D-U-P-L-I-C-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.9 times per million words; the 13,127th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, dublicate, about 60 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell duplicate?
Duplicate is spelled D-U-P-L-I-C-A-T-E. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 54 of the searches for duplicate in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is duplicate?
Duplicate appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce duplicate?
- /ˈd(j)uː.plɪ.kət/
- British /ˈd͡ʒʉwplɪkət/
As a verb (“To make a copy of”): /ˈd(j)uː.plɪˌkeɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒʉwplɪkɛjt/.
Duplicate has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-duplicate-noun.ogg, En-us-duplicate-verb.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of duplicate
- duplicates present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- duplicating participle, present
- duplicated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does duplicate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.
This is a duplicate entry.
- 2
In which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players.
duplicate whist
verb
- 1
To make a copy of.
If we duplicate the information, are we really accomplishing much?
- 2
To do repeatedly; to do again.
You don't need to duplicate my efforts.
- 3
To produce something equal to.
He found it hard to duplicate the skills of his wife.
noun
- 1
One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.
This is a duplicate, but a very good replica.
- 2
An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original
- 3
A pawnbroker's ticket, which must be shown when redeeming a pledged item.
- 4
The game of duplicate bridge.
- 5
The game of duplicate Scrabble.
- 6
A biological specimen that was gathered alongside another specimen and represents the same species.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Duplicate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dupliqué, dupliquée , copier, dupliquer , duplicata, double |
| German | dupliziert, verdoppelt , vervielfältigen, kopieren, duplizieren, duplieren |
| Portuguese | duplicado, duplicada , duplicar , cópia, duplicata |
| Spanish | duplicado , duplicar , repetir |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does duplicate come from?
Borrowed from Latin duplicātus, perfect passive participle of duplicō, see -ate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).