enumerate
/ɪˈnjuː.məˌɹeɪt/
"enumerate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“enumerate” is an uncommon English word, ranked #59,370 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #59,370
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enumerate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪˈnjuː.məˌɹeɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enumerate” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for enumerate is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪˈnjuː.məˌɹeɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #59,370 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for enumerate in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in 1600–1650; borrowed from Latin enumerātus, the perfect passive participle of enumerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. The correct English form is enumerate, spelled E-N-U-M-E-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
- 2To determine the amount of.
Etymology
First attested in 1600–1650; borrowed from Latin enumerātus, the perfect passive participle of enumerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “enumerate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-N-U-M-E-R-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪˈnjuː.məˌɹeɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.