syncopated
/ˈsinkə(ʊ)ˌpeɪtəd/
"syncopated" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“syncopated” is uncommon English (frequency #70,312 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,312
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - of a word, shortened by syncope
| 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) |
Where “syncopated” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
syncopated is uncommon English at frequency #70,312 among 54,294 “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
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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Using “syncopated”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-Y-N-C-O-P-A-T-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.