methanoate

noun

"methanoate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“methanoate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any salt or ester of methanoic acid; a formate.

Corpus desk

Index EN-methanoate · methanoate · English

methanoate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for methanoate
PropertyValue
Headwordmethanoate
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “methanoate” in English

methanoatesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

methanoate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any salt or ester of methanoic acid; a formate.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for methanoate, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From methanoic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). The correct English form is methanoate, spelled M-E-T-H-A-N-O-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any salt or ester of methanoic acid; a formate.

Etymology

From methanoic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "methanoate"?
"methanoate" is spelled M-E-T-H-A-N-O-A-T-E.
What does "methanoate" mean?
As a noun, "methanoate" means: Any salt or ester of methanoic acid; a formate.
What is the origin of the word "methanoate"?
From methanoic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list