oblate
/ˈɒbleɪt/
"oblate" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“oblate” is an uncommon English word, ranked #75,253 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #75,253
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oblate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɒbleɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,253 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oblate” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for oblate is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɒbleɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #75,253 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for oblate in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French oblat and its source, Ecclesiastical Latin oblātus (“person dedicated to religious life”), nominalization of oblātus, perfect passive participle of offerō (“to offer”); see -ate (noun-forming suffix). The correct English form is oblate, spelled O-B-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
- 2A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house.
Etymology
From French oblat and its source, Ecclesiastical Latin oblātus (“person dedicated to religious life”), nominalization of oblātus, perfect passive participle of offerō (“to offer”); see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
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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Using “oblate”
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- The one correct English spelling is O-B-L-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.