# inanimate

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪnˈænɪmət/ · frequency rank #28,592

## Definitions
1. Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.
2. Not alive, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.
3. Not animate.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English inanimat(e), from Late Latin inanimātus, from Latin in- + animātus (“animated”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, in- + animate. The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **intimate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inanimate-vs-intimate)

## Common misspellings (12)
`iannimate`, `inainmate`, `inaniamte`, `inanimaet`, `inanimatte`, `inanimmate`, `inanimtae`, `inanmiate`, `inannimate`, `innaimate`, `innanimate`, `nianimate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/inanimate