suscitate
/ˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/
"suscitate" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“suscitate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.
Corpus desk
Index EN-suscitate · suscitate · English
suscitate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | suscitate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “suscitate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
suscitate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for suscitate, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin suscitatus, past participle of suscitare (“to lift up, to rouse”), from sub- + citare (“to rouse, excite”). Compare excite, incite, and resuscitate. The correct English form is suscitate, spelled S-U-S-C-I-T-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.
Etymology
From Latin suscitatus, past participle of suscitare (“to lift up, to rouse”), from sub- + citare (“to rouse, excite”). Compare excite, incite, and resuscitate.
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.