notate
/nəʊˈteɪt/verb, adjective
notate is spelled N-O-T-A-T-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, notate means “To mark with spots or lines, which are often colored” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in notate?
| Letters | 6: N-O-T-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is notate?
Notate appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce notate?
- /nəʊˈteɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-notate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of notate
- notates present, singular, he/she/it
- notating participle, present
- notated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does notate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To mark with spots or lines, which are often colored.
- 2
To add notes to; to annotate
- 3
To create notation (e.g. music or mathematics); to record/put down in the form of notation
adjective
- 1
Marked with coloured spots or lines.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does notate come from?
First attested in 1871; back-formation from notation or from Latin notātus, perfect passive participle of notō; either way, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, note + -ate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).