situate
/ˈsɪt͡ʃ.u.eɪt/
"situate" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“situate” is uncommon English (frequency #59,022 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,022
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To place on or into a physical location.
Corpus desk
Index EN-situate · situate · English
situate · rank #59,022 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,022
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sitar
Nearest frequency peer: sitar (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “situate”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- simile
simile
40,983 corpus weight
- sitar
sitar
40,980 corpus weight
- situate
situate
40,979 corpus weight
- skillset
skillset
40,978 corpus weight
- Skipton
Skipton
40,977 corpus weight
- slushy
slushy
40,976 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “situate” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | situate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈsɪt͡ʃ.u.eɪt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “situate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
situate is uncommon English at frequency #59,022 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈsɪt͡ʃ.u.eɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for situate, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Late Latin situātus, past participle of Medieval Latin situō (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”). The correct English form is situate, spelled S-I-T-U-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To place on or into a physical location.
- 2To place or put into an intangible place or position, such as social, ethical, fictional, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how situate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The statue is situated in a corner hardly visible to the public, except through a window from an outside maintenance area situated behind the building.
The mayor is situated between probable censure and possible recall.
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin situātus, past participle of Medieval Latin situō (“to locate, place”), from Latin situs (“a site”).
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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