nauseate
/ˈnɔziˌeɪt/
"nauseate" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nauseate” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To cause nausea in.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nauseate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈnɔziˌeɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nauseate” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for nauseate is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈnɔziˌeɪt/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for nauseate in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From earlier nauseat, from Latin nauseātus (“nauseated”), perfect past participle of nauseō (“to feel sea sick, nauseate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)), from nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía), from ναῦς (naûs), from Proto… The correct English form is nauseate, spelled N-A-U-S-E-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To cause nausea in.
- 2To disgust.
- 3To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.
- 4To reject or spit (something) out because it causes a feeling of nausea.
- 5To be disgusted by (something).
Etymology
From earlier nauseat, from Latin nauseātus (“nauseated”), perfect past participle of nauseō (“to feel sea sick, nauseate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)), from nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía), from ναῦς (naûs), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-. By surface analysis, nausea + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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.
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Using “nauseate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-A-U-S-E-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈnɔziˌeɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.