teammate
/ˈtiːmˌmeɪt/
"teammate" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“teammate” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,113. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,113
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One who is on the same team.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teammate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtiːmˌmeɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “teammate” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around teammate (IPA /ˈtiːmˌmeɪt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,113 among 27,828 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "One who is on the same team.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for teammate, with forms such as "etammate", "taemmate", and "teamamte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From team + -mate. The correct English form is teammate, spelled T-E-A-M-M-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1One who is on the same team.
Etymology
From team + -mate.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etammate,taemmate,teamamte,teamate,teammaet,teammatte,teammtae,temamate,tteammate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of teammate - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “teammate”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-E-A-M-M-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtiːmˌmeɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.