spectate

What does spectate mean?

spectate means "be a spectator in a sports event".

How many syllables are in spectate?

spectate has 2 syllables and divides as spec-tate under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is spectate a common word?

spectate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for spectate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.