# educate

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɛd͡ʒ.ʊˌkeɪt/ · frequency rank #8,028

## Definitions
1. To instruct or train.

## Etymology
From Middle English educaten, from educat(e) (“educated”, also used as the past participle of educaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), from Latin ēducātus, the perfect passive participle of ēducō (“(of a child, physically or mentally) to bring up, train, nourish; (of a person in learning or art) to rear, educate, train; (plants or animals) to nourish, support, or produce”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from an intensive/frequentative formed on ēducō (“lead out, draw out; to raise up, erect”) + -ō.

## Easily confused with
- **equate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/educate-vs-equate)
- **emulate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/educate-vs-emulate)
- **educated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/educate-vs-educated)
- **educator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/educate-vs-educator)

## Common misspellings (9)
`deucate`, `edcuate`, `edducate`, `eduacte`, `educaet`, `educatte`, `educcate`, `eductae`, `eudcate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/educate