flatmate
/ˈflætmeɪt/
"flatmate" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flatmate” is uncommon English (frequency #50,514 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,514
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person with whom one shares a flat.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flatmate · flatmate · English
flatmate · rank #50,514 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,514
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fining
Nearest frequency peer: fining (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “flatmate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- festivity
festivity
49,490 corpus weight
- FFP
FFP
49,489 corpus weight
- fining
fining
49,488 corpus weight
- flatmate
flatmate
49,487 corpus weight
- foodservice
foodservice
49,485 corpus weight
- foto
foto
49,484 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “flatmate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flatmate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈflætmeɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,514 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “flatmate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
flatmate is uncommon English at frequency #50,514 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈflætmeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for flatmate in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From flat + -mate. The correct English form is flatmate, spelled F-L-A-T-M-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1A person with whom one shares a flat.
- 2A person with whom one shares any rental dwelling, not necessarily a flat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flatmate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Yet when both Regine and her flatmate are at home they tend to spend their time in their rooms, although Regine (and probably the flatmate too) tends to spend more time in the communal areas of the flat when the other is not at home.
“So, it would probably [be] best if we could find another flatmate and go for a flat of five, and if old Chip does pull out, at least we can then drop down to a flat of four. What do you reckon?”
Etymology
From flat + -mate.
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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