maculate
/ˈmækjʊleɪt/verb
maculate is spelled M-A-C-U-L-A-T-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, maculate means “To spot; to stain; to blur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in maculate?
| Letters | 8: M-A-C-U-L-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st 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 maculate?
Maculate appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st 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 maculate?
- /ˈmækjʊleɪt/
As an adjective (“Marked with spots or maculae; blotched”): /ˈmækjʊleɪt/, /ˈmækjʊlət/, /ˈmækjələt/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-maculate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of maculate
- maculates present, singular, he/she/it
- maculating participle, present
- maculated participle, past
- more maculate comparative
- most maculate superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does maculate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To spot; to stain; to blur.
- 2
obsoletepast participle of maculate
adjective
- 1
archaicMarked with spots or maculae; blotched.
- 2
archaicDefiled, impure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Maculate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 maculate come from?
First attested during the last quarter of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English maculaten (“to spoil, polute”), borrowed from Latin maculātus, perfect passive participle of maculō (“to spot”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).