relegate
/ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/
"relegate" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“relegate” is an uncommon English word, ranked #55,051 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #55,051
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | relegate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,051 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “relegate” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for relegate is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɹɛlɪˌɡeɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #55,051 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for relegate in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”). The correct English form is relegate, spelled R-E-L-E-G-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
- 2Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
- 3Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
- 4Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
- 5Consign or assign.
- 6Consign or assign.
- 7Consign or assign.
- 8Refer or submit.
- 9Refer or submit.
- 10Refer or submit.
Etymology
First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).
This word in other languages
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 “relegate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-L-E-G-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.