reticulate
/ɹəˈtɪkjʊlət/
"reticulate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reticulate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Network-like in form or appearance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reticulate · reticulate · English
reticulate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reticulate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɹəˈtɪkjʊlət/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “reticulate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
reticulate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ɹəˈtɪkjʊlət/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Network-like in form or appearance.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for reticulate, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin rēticulātus (“reticulated, net-like”). The correct English form is reticulate, spelled R-E-T-I-C-U-L-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Network-like in form or appearance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how reticulate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The fingers have a pseudosclerodermatous appearance with scleroatrophy, often with contractures and sometimes with reticulate erythema on the dorsal surface.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rēticulātus (“reticulated, net-like”).
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.