emaciate
/ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiːˌeɪ̯t/
"emaciate" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“emaciate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To make extremely thin or wasted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-emaciate · emaciate · English
emaciate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | emaciate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiːˌeɪ̯t/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “emaciate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
emaciate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ɪˈmeɪ̯.ʃiːˌeɪ̯t/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for emaciate in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin ēmaciātus, perfect passive participle of ēmaciō (“to make lean, to cause to waste away”), from ex- (“out”) + maciēs (“leanness”), from macer (“thin”). The correct English form is emaciate, spelled E-M-A-C-I-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To make extremely thin or wasted.
- 2To become extremely thin or wasted.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēmaciātus, perfect passive participle of ēmaciō (“to make lean, to cause to waste away”), from ex- (“out”) + maciēs (“leanness”), from macer (“thin”).
This word in other languages
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.