inviolate
/ɪnˈvaɪ.ə.lət/
"inviolate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inviolate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inviolate · inviolate · English
inviolate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | inviolate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪnˈvaɪ.ə.lət/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “inviolate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
inviolate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɪnˈvaɪ.ə.lət/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for inviolate, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English inviolat, inviolate, from Latin inviolātus. By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + violate (adjective). The correct English form is inviolate, spelled I-N-V-I-O-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
- 2Incorruptible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inviolate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His fortune of arms was still inviolate.
A partner can also, hopefully, be trusted more fully than any other person in our lives. Our courts recognize this by refusing to allow a person to testify against his or her spouse. The sanctity of the home, by which they mean the couple, is inviolate.
Etymology
From Middle English inviolat, inviolate, from Latin inviolātus. By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + violate (adjective).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.