Margate

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"margate" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Margate” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,413. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,413
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A coastal town in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3570).

Corpus desk

Index EN-margate · Margate · English

Margate · rank #39,413 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,413
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH manhole

Nearest frequency peer: manhole (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Margate”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Margate” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Margate vs marge
57% similar
Margate vs Margot
71% similar
Margate vs marinate
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Margate
PropertyValue
HeadwordMargate
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,413
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Margate”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Margatelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “manhole” (#39,412), “mandible” (#39,411), “marigold” (#39,415). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “Margate” is #39,413. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Margate, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #39,413 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Margate, with forms such as "amrgate", "magrate", and "maragte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "marge", "Margot", "marinate", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is Margate, spelled M-A-R-G-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A coastal town in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3570).
  2. 2
    A city in Broward County, Florida, United States.
  3. 3
    A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  4. 4
    A community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  5. 5
    A suburb of the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.
  6. 6
    A suburb of Huon Valley council area and the Kingborough council area, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Margate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Alderman Johnson condemns the Reform Act, and is for going backward, in all things, to the good times. Punch humbly suggests that every man who votes for the Crab Alderman should be punished as follows:— The said voter never to be permitted to travel by rail, but to journey to York or elsewhere by the very slowest coach. Never to go to Margate by steamboa…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrgate
  • magrate
  • maragte
  • margaet
  • margatte
  • marggate
  • margtae
  • marrgate
  • mmargate
  • mragate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Margate - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amrgate2magrate2maragte2margaet2margatte1marggate1margtae2marrgate1
Edit distance from "Margate"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Margate"?
"Margate" is spelled M-A-R-G-A-T-E.
What does "Margate" mean?
As a proper noun, "Margate" means: A coastal town in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3570).
What words are commonly confused with "Margate"?
"Margate" is commonly confused with "marge", "Margot", "marinate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Margate" come from?
"Margate" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Margate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

manhole#39,412Lowndes#39,405lioness#39,397minibus#39,430

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

modulus10 variantsmyeloma10 variantsnegated10 variantsOliveira10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list