vacate
/veɪˈkeɪt/
"vacate" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vacate” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,351. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,351
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To move out of a dwelling or other property, either by choice or by eviction.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vacate · vacate · English
vacate · rank #24,351 · 8 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,351
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH unwell
Nearest frequency peer: unwell (-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 “vacate”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- unsuspecting
unsuspecting
75,653 corpus weight
- unwelcome
unwelcome
75,652 corpus weight
- unwell
unwell
75,651 corpus weight
- vacate
vacate
75,650 corpus weight
- venting
venting
75,649 corpus weight
- ville
ville
75,648 corpus weight
What this shows “vacate” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vacate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /veɪˈkeɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #24,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “vacate”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around vacate (IPA /veɪˈkeɪt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,351 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for vacate, with forms such as "avcate", "vaacte", and "vacaet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "vaca", "vacant", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Originally used in the legal sense "to annul", a denominal from Early Modern English vacat (“legal annulment”), a development from Middle English vacat (“absence or cancellation noted in a register”), from Latin vacat, third-person singular present active i… The correct English form is vacate, spelled V-A-C-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To move out of a dwelling or other property, either by choice or by eviction.
- 2To leave an office or position.
- 3To have a court judgement set aside; to annul.
- 4To leave an area, usually as a result of orders from public authorities in the event of a riot or natural disaster.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vacate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I have to vacate my house by midday, as the new owner is moving in.
You are hereby ordered to vacate the premises within 14 days.
Etymology
Originally used in the legal sense "to annul", a denominal from Early Modern English vacat (“legal annulment”), a development from Middle English vacat (“absence or cancellation noted in a register”), from Latin vacat, third-person singular present active indicative of vacō (“to be idle; to be unoccupied”, literally “to be empty”). The primary modern sense "to move out" likely developed under the influence of older borrowing vacant (“unoccupied”), in combination with the Early Modern use of vacate to refer to the termination of official appointments to office, which would leave those position vacant.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avcate
- vaacte
- vacaet
- vacatte
- vaccate
- vactae
- vcaate
- vvacate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vacate - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vacate", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).