# participate

> English word · Verb · IPA /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/ · frequency rank #3,518

## Definitions
1. To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
2. To share, to take part in (something).
3. To share (something) with others; to transfer (something) to or unto others.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin participātus, the perfect passive participle of participō (“to take part in, share in, give part in, impart”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from particeps (“taking part (in), sharing (in); someone who takes part (in)”, particip- in compounds), from pars (“part”, part- in compounds) + -ceps (“which takes, taker”), literally “(someone) who takes part”; see part and capable. Compare Old English dǣlniman (“to participate”), an earlier calque of the same Latin verb.

## Easily confused with
- **participle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/participate-vs-participle)
- **particulate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/participate-vs-particulate)
- **participant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/participant-vs-participate)

## Common misspellings (16)
`aprticipate`, `paritcipate`, `parrticipate`, `partciipate`, `particcipate`, `particiapte`, `participaet`, `participatte`, `particippate`, `participtae`, `particpiate`, `partiicpate`, `partticipate`, `patricipate`, `pparticipate`, `praticipate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/participate