schoolmate
/ˈskuːlˌmeɪt/
"schoolmate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“schoolmate” is uncommon English (frequency #65,484 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,484
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.
Corpus desk
Index EN-schoolmate · schoolmate · English
schoolmate · rank #65,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,484
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH scamp
Nearest frequency peer: scamp (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “schoolmate”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Sandinista
Sandinista
34,521 corpus weight
- sassafras
sassafras
34,520 corpus weight
- scamp
scamp
34,518 corpus weight
- schoolmate
schoolmate
34,517 corpus weight
- screed
screed
34,516 corpus weight
- secularist
secularist
34,513 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schoolmate” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schoolmate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈskuːlˌmeɪt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schoolmate” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
schoolmate is uncommon English at frequency #65,484 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈskuːlˌmeɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for schoolmate, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From school + -mate. The correct English form is schoolmate, spelled S-C-H-O-O-L-M-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school.
Etymology
From school + -mate.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency 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.