leachate
/ˈliːt͡ʃeɪt/
"leachate" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“leachate” is uncommon English (frequency #97,233 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,233
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The liquid produced when water percolates through a permeable material.
Corpus desk
Index EN-leachate · leachate · English
leachate · rank #97,233 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,233
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH LCT
Nearest frequency peer: LCT (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “leachate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- lawgiver
lawgiver
2,771 corpus weight
- LBA
LBA
2,770 corpus weight
- LCT
LCT
2,769 corpus weight
- leachate
leachate
2,768 corpus weight
- leaseback
leaseback
2,767 corpus weight
- lepton
lepton
2,765 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “leachate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leachate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈliːt͡ʃeɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #97,233 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “leachate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
leachate is uncommon English at frequency #97,233 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈliːt͡ʃeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The liquid produced when water percolates through a permeable material.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for leachate in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From leach + -ate (noun-forming suffix). The correct English form is leachate, spelled L-E-A-C-H-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1The liquid produced when water percolates through a permeable material.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how leachate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1980, Grant E. Kimmel, Olin C. Braids, Leachate Plumes in Ground Water from Babylon and Islip Landfills, Long Island, New York, US Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1085, page 32, Probably the main reason that leachate enrichment was highest near the bottom of the aquifer beneath the landfill is that the heavier, leachate-rich water sinks by gravity a…
1994, James M. Brannon, Tommy E. Myers, Barbara A. Tardy, Leachate Testing and Evaluation for Freshwater Sediments, US Army Corps of Engineers, Miscellaneous Paper D-94-1, page 23, Two aspects of leachate generation from CDFs are of particular concern, leachate contaminant concentrations and leachate flow.
Etymology
From leach + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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