tessellate
/ˈtɛsəleɪt/adjective, verb
tessellate is spelled T-E-S-S-E-L-L-A-T-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tessellate means “tessellated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tessellate?
| Letters | 10: T-E-S-S-E-L-L-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is tessellate?
Tessellate appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tessellate?
- /ˈtɛsəleɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-tesselate.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tessellate.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tessellate
- tesselate
- tessellates present, singular, he/she/it
- tessellating participle, present
- tessellated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tessellate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
tessellated
verb
- 1
To cover with tiles or stones, as a mosaic; to tile.
- 2
to cover a two-dimensional shape, such that multiple copies of itself placed edge to edge cover an area leaving no space between the shapes.
Regular hexagons tessellate.
- 3
To completely fill (an area) when multiple copies of one or more two-dimensional shapes are placed edge to edge.
It is possible to tessellate the plane with equilateral triangles and regular hexagons.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tessellate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | kacheln, pflastern , tessellieren, parkettieren |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tessellate come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin tessellātus, from tessella, diminutive of tessera; from Ancient Greek τέσσαρες (téssares), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).