# syndicate

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪndɪkət/ · frequency rank #14,850

## Definitions
1. A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
2. A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
3. A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.
4. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a body or council of syndics.

## Etymology
Anglicized from French syndicat (“office of a syndic; board of syndics; trade union”) on the basis of -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a group formed of people of this same office), equivalent to syndic (“syndic; representative; (especially) chief magistrate of Geneva”) + -at (“-ate”, forms nouns denoting rank or office), from Medieval Latin *syndicātus, from syndicus (“representative of a corporation or town; syndic”) (from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate for a defendant”), from σύν (sún, “beside; with”) + δίκη (díkē, “judgment; justice”)) + -ātus (“-ate”). By surface analysis, syndic + -ate.
Compare Italian sindacato (“syndicate; trade union; audit, control, supervision”), Occitan sendegat, Portuguese sindicato (“trade union”), Spanish sindicado, sindicato (“office of a syndic; syndicate; trade union”).

## Easily confused with
- **syndicated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/syndicate-vs-syndicated)

## Common misspellings (14)
`snydicate`, `ssyndicate`, `sydnicate`, `syndciate`, `synddicate`, `syndiacte`, `syndicaet`, `syndicatte`, `syndiccate`, `syndictae`, `synidcate`, `synndicate`, `syyndicate`, `ysndicate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/syndicate