# magnate

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmæɡneɪt/ · frequency rank #27,550

## Definitions
1. Powerful industrialist; captain of industry.
2. A person of rank, influence or distinction in any sphere.
3. In medieval and early modern Italy, a member of a legally defined category of especially wealthy patrician families, often deprived of the right to political participation by republican governments.

## Etymology
Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin magnātēs, plural of magnās, from magnus (“great”), mid 15th c.

## Easily confused with
- **manage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnate-vs-manage)
- **magnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnate-vs-magnet)
- **mandate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnate-vs-mandate)
- **migrate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnate-vs-migrate)
- **magneto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnate-vs-magneto)
- **Margate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnate-vs-margate)
- **manatee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnate-vs-manatee)
- **marinate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magnate-vs-marinate)
- **magna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magna-vs-magnate)

## Common misspellings (10)
`amgnate`, `magante`, `maggnate`, `magnaet`, `magnatte`, `magnnate`, `magntae`, `mangate`, `mganate`, `mmagnate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/magnate