hamate
/ˈheɪmeɪt/adjective, noun
hamate is spelled H-A-M-A-T-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, hamate means “Hooked at the end” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in hamate?
| Letters | 6: H-A-M-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is hamate?
Hamate appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hamate?
- /ˈheɪmeɪt/
- /ˈhæmeɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with hamate?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as hamate.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: athame.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of hamate
- hamates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hamate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Hooked at the end.
noun
- 1
The hamate bone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does hamate come from?
From Latin hamus (“hook”) + -ate (adjective forming suffix); the noun is a back-formation from hamate bone, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).