enumerate
/ɪˈnjuː.məˌɹeɪt/
"enumerate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“enumerate” is uncommon English (frequency #59,370 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,370
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.
Corpus desk
Index EN-enumerate · enumerate · English
enumerate · rank #59,370 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,370
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH epigenetics
Nearest frequency peer: epigenetics (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “enumerate”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- enameled
enameled
40,635 corpus weight
- endoplasmic
endoplasmic
40,633 corpus weight
- enumerate
enumerate
40,631 corpus weight
- epigenetics
epigenetics
40,630 corpus weight
- equanimity
equanimity
40,628 corpus weight
- equitably
equitably
40,627 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “enumerate” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| 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
Rare enough to double-check
enumerate is uncommon English at frequency #59,370 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɪˈnjuː.məˌɹeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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.