syncopated
/ˈsinkə(ʊ)ˌpeɪtəd/
"syncopated" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“syncopated” is uncommon English (frequency #70,312 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,312
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - of a word, shortened by syncope
Corpus desk
Index EN-syncopated · syncopated · English
syncopated · rank #70,312 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,312
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH syndicalism
Nearest frequency peer: syndicalism (+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 “syncopated”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- SUSY
SUSY
29,693 corpus weight
- syncopated
syncopated
29,689 corpus weight
- syndicalism
syndicalism
29,688 corpus weight
- tactless
tactless
29,686 corpus weight
- taillight
taillight
29,685 corpus weight
- Takata
Takata
29,684 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “syncopated” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | syncopated |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsinkə(ʊ)ˌpeɪtəd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #70,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “syncopated” in English
Rare enough to double-check
syncopated is uncommon English at frequency #70,312 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsinkə(ʊ)ˌpeɪtəd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for syncopated in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is syncopated, spelled S-Y-N-C-O-P-A-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1of a word, shortened by syncope
- 2of a rhythm, modified by syncopation
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how syncopated appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
At one point, her spidery abstractions gave way to a series of abruptly syncopated hits, like a deranged allusion to the Thelonious Monk tune “Evidence.”
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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