racemate
ra·cem·ate/ˈɹæsəˌmeɪt/noun
racemate is spelled R-A-C-E-M-A-T-E: 8 letters and 3 syllables (ra·cem·ate). It appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, racemate means “A mixture which is racemic (“containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory stereoisomers and therefore not optically active”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of racemate is racemates.
How many letters and syllables are in racemate?
| Letters | 8: R-A-C-E-M-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ra·cem·ate |
| In writing | about once in every 59 million words; the 240,237th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is racemate?
Racemate appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th 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 racemate?
- UK /ˈɹæsɪmeɪt/
- UK /ˈɹeɪ-/
- US /ˈɹæsəˌmeɪt/
As a noun (“One participating in the same race as others”): /ˈɹeɪsmeɪt/, /ˈɹeɪsˌmeɪt/.
Racemate has 3 syllables, split ra·cem·ate in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-racemate2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-racemate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with racemate?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as racemate (/æsəmeɪt/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: macerate.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of racemate
- racemates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does racemate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mixture which is racemic (“containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory stereoisomers and therefore not optically active”).
- 2
One participating in the same race as others.
- 3
archaicAny salt or ester of racemic acid.
- 4
rareA person of the same racial group as others.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Racemate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mixture which is racemic:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Razemat |
| Spanish | mezcla racémica |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does racemate come from?
From racem(ic) + -ate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).