intubate
/ˈɪntʃʊbeɪt/verb
intubate is spelled I-N-T-U-B-A-T-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, intubate means “To insert a tube into” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in intubate?
| Letters | 8: I-N-T-U-B-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 133,440th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is intubate?
Intubate appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th 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 intubate?
- /ˈɪntʃʊbeɪt/
- /ˈɪntʃəbeɪt/
- /ˈɪntjʊbeɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-intubate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of intubate
- intubates present, singular, he/she/it
- intubating participle, present
- intubated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does intubate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To insert a tube into.
The doctor is about to intubate the patient's trachea.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Intubate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to insert a tube into:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does intubate come from?
From in- + tube + -ate (verb-forming suffix). First appears c. 1612 in the publications of Simon Sturtevant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).