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
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who is on the same team.
Corpus desk
Index EN-teammate · teammate · English
teammate · rank #9,113 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,113
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH testify
Nearest frequency peer: testify (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “teammate”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- switches
switches
90,892 corpus weight
- synthesis
synthesis
90,891 corpus weight
- tasty
tasty
90,890 corpus weight
- teammate
teammate
90,888 corpus weight
- testify
testify
90,887 corpus weight
- tolerate
tolerate
90,886 corpus weight
What this shows “teammate” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| 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) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “teammate”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around teammate (IPA /ˈtiːmˌmeɪt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,113 among 3,151 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how teammate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pass the ball to your teammate.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).