urate
/ˈjʊəɹeɪt/noun
urate is spelled U-R-A-T-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, urate means “Any salt of uric acid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of urate is urates.
How many letters and syllables are in urate?
| Letters | 5: U-R-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 119,826th 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 urate?
Urate appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th 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 urate?
- /ˈjʊəɹeɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of urate
- urates plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does urate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any salt of uric acid.
The deposition of urate crystals in the joints leads to gout.
- 2
archaicA solid powdered agricultural manure prepared by composting human urine by mixing it with various other ingredients (e.g., ground gypsum, lime, ashes) and then aging and drying the result.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Urate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense any salt of uric acid:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | urate |
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 urate come from?
From uric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).