nitrate
/ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt/
"nitrate" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nitrate” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,013. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,013
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any salt or ester of nitric acid.
Corpus desk
Index EN-nitrate · nitrate · English
nitrate · rank #21,013 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,013
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH nectar
Nearest frequency peer: nectar (-2 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 “nitrate”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- narrowing
narrowing
78,992 corpus weight
- Navajo
Navajo
78,991 corpus weight
- nectar
nectar
78,990 corpus weight
- nitrate
nitrate
78,988 corpus weight
- O'Malley
O'Malley
78,986 corpus weight
- oft
oft
78,985 corpus weight
What this shows “nitrate” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nitrate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,013 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “nitrate”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around nitrate (IPA /ˈnaɪˌtɹeɪt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,013 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any salt or ester of nitric acid.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for nitrate, with forms such as "intrate", "nirtate", and "nitarte". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "nitride", "nitrite", "narrate", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French nitrate. The correct English form is nitrate, spelled N-I-T-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Any salt or ester of nitric acid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nitrate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nitrates are most commonly used in fertilizers, especially sodium and potassium nitrates. Numerous water wells have had to be abandoned because of the lack of a way to deal with the problem.
The underground water which feeds Britain's springs and rivers and provides a third of its drinking water is becoming seriously polluted with nitrates, causing a threat to wildlife and landing consumers with a big purification bill.
Etymology
From French nitrate.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- intrate
- nirtate
- nitarte
- nitraet
- nitratte
- nitrrate
- nitrtae
- nittrate
- nnitrate
- ntirate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nitrate - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).