pastorate

noun

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"pastorate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“pastorate” is uncommon English (frequency #74,378 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,378
frequency rank, English
46,516
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The role or responsibilities of a pastor.

Key facts for pastorate
PropertyValue
Headwordpastorate
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#74,378
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pastorate” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). pastorate lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pastorate is uncommon English at frequency #74,378 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pastorate, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From pastor + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a body of people involved with it). The correct English form is pastorate, spelled P-A-S-T-O-R-A-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The role or responsibilities of a pastor.
  2. 2
    The period of service of a particular pastor to their congregation; their term of office.
  3. 3
    An organization or body consisting of multiple pastors.

Etymology

From pastor + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a body of people involved with it).

Synonyms

pastorage

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pastorate"?
"pastorate" is spelled P-A-S-T-O-R-A-T-E.
What does "pastorate" mean?
As a noun, "pastorate" means: The role or responsibilities of a pastor.
What is the origin of the word "pastorate"?
From pastor + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a body of people involved with it). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “pastorate”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is P-A-S-T-O-R-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list