duplicate

Name: duplicate, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“duplicate” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,138. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,138
frequency rank, English: 3,470
“D” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.

Corpus desk

Index EN-duplicate · duplicate · English

duplicate · rank #13,138 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #13,138
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-MID 3,470
PHOTO-FINISH drills

Nearest frequency peer: drills (-1 rank slots)

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.

disrupt

86,867
Donovan

86,865
drills

86,864
duplicate

86,863
dynamite

86,862
economical

86,860

What this shows “duplicate” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

duplicate vs delicate

78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for duplicate
Property	Value
Headword	duplicate
Language	English
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#13,138
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “duplicate”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).duplicatelands here:

#13,138

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “drills” (#13,137), “dynamite” (#13,139), “Donovan” (#13,136). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “duplicate” is #13,138. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around duplicate, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,138 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for duplicate, with forms such as "dduplicate", "dpulicate", and "dulpicate". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "delicate", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: PIE word *dwóh₁ Borrowed from Latin duplicātus, perfect passive participle of duplicō, see -ate. The correct English form is duplicate, spelled D-U-P-L-I-C-A-T-E.

Definition

1
Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.
2
In which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how duplicate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

This is a duplicate entry.
duplicate whist

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ Borrowed from Latin duplicātus, perfect passive participle of duplicō, see -ate.

This word in other languages

duplicado(Español)dupliqué(Français)dupliziert(Deutsch)duplicado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

dduplicate
dpulicate
dulpicate
dupilcate
duplciate
dupliacte
duplicaet
duplicatte
dupliccate
duplictae
dupllicate
dupplicate
udplicate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of duplicate - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "duplicate"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "duplicate"?

"duplicate" is spelled D-U-P-L-I-C-A-T-E.

What does "duplicate" mean?

As an adjective, "duplicate" means: Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.

What words are commonly confused with "duplicate"?

"duplicate" is commonly confused with "delicate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "duplicate"?

PIE word *dwóh₁ Borrowed from Latin duplicātus, perfect passive participle of duplicō, see -ate. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "duplicate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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