magnate

/[maɣ̞ˈnat̪e]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,168

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

magnate is aSpanishnoun. It means: Persona a la que su gran riqueza adquirida en alguna industria o negocio, le confiere poder e influencia. Pronounced [maɣ̞ˈnat̪e]. Often confused with magnates and Magna.

Key facts for magnate
PropertyValue
Headwordmagnate
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maɣ̞ˈnat̪e]
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,168
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of magnate in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for magnate is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maɣ̞ˈnat̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,168 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for magnate, with forms such as "amgnate", "magante", and "maggnate". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "magnates", "Magna", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is magnate, spelled M-A-G-N-A-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Persona a la que su gran riqueza adquirida en alguna industria o negocio, le confiere poder e influencia.
  2. 2
    Persona que controla una gran parte de una determinada industria y cuya riqueza proviene principalmente de dicho control.
  3. 3
    persona dominante.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amgnate,magante,maggnate,magnaet,magnatte,magnnate,magntae,mangate,mganate,mmagnate

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for magnate

Misspelling Variants of "magnate"

amgnate7magante7maggnate8magnaet7magnatte8magnnate8magntae7mangate7
Misspelling Variants of "magnate"

Frequency rank: #19,168 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "magnate"?
"magnate" is spelled M-A-G-N-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [maɣ̞ˈnat̪e].
What does "magnate" mean?
As a noun, "magnate" means: Persona a la que su gran riqueza adquirida en alguna industria o negocio, le confiere poder e influencia.
What words are commonly confused with "magnate"?
"magnate" is commonly confused with "magnates", "Magna". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "magnate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "magnate" is [maɣ̞ˈnat̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "magnate" come from?
"magnate" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.