predicate
/ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kət/
"predicate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“predicate” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #35,029 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #35,029
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
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 | predicate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kət/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #35,029 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “predicate” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for predicate is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kət/. Corpus data places it at rank #35,029 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for predicate, with forms such as "perdicate", "ppredicate", and "prdeicate". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "predict", "predicted", "predicated", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English predicat(e), from Old French predicat (French prédicat), from Medieval Latin praedicātum (“thing said of a subject, predicate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of praedicātus, the perfect passive participle praedicō (… The correct English form is predicate, spelled P-R-E-D-I-C-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
- 2A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
- 3An operator, expression, or function that returns either true or false.
Etymology
From Middle English predicat(e), from Old French predicat (French prédicat), from Medieval Latin praedicātum (“thing said of a subject, predicate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of praedicātus, the perfect passive participle praedicō (“to proclaim”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix); see also Etymology 2 below. The adjective was derived from the noun by metanalysis, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: perdicate,ppredicate,prdeicate,predciate,preddicate,prediacte,predicaet,predicatte,prediccate,predictae,preidcate,prredicate,rpedicate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of predicate - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “predicate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-R-E-D-I-C-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kət/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “predict” - see the side-by-side comparison. predicate vs predict
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.