indurate
/ɪnˈdjʊɹeɪt/
"indurate" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“indurate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To harden or to grow hard.
Corpus desk
Index EN-indurate · indurate · English
indurate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indurate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪnˈdjʊɹeɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “indurate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
indurate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ɪnˈdjʊɹeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for indurate in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is indurate, spelled I-N-D-U-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To harden or to grow hard.
- 2To make callous or unfeeling.
- 3To inure; to strengthen; to make hardy or robust.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how indurate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The ear, small and shapely, the arch of the foot, the curve in mouth and nostril, even the indurated hand dyed to the orange-tawny of the toucan's bill, a hand telling alike of the halyards and tar-bucket […] all this strangely indicated a lineage in direct contradiction to his lot.
The superficial temporal artery (or arteries) may become exquisitely tender to the touch and visibly indurated.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.