apparent
/əˈpæɹənt/adjective
apparent is spelled A-P-P-A-R-E-N-T. The wrong spelling people search most is apparant: about 130 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 16 of all searches for the word. Apparent is an adjective meaning “Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view”.
How many letters and syllables are in apparent?
| Letters | 8: A-P-P-A-R-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 21 times per million words; the 4,153rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, apparant, about 130 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell apparent?
Apparent is spelled A-P-P-A-R-E-N-T. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for apparent in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is apparent?
Apparent appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,153rd 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 apparent?
- UK /əˈpæɹənt/
- US /əˈpæɹənt/
- /əˈpɛɹənt/
Apparent has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-apparent.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of apparent
- more apparent comparative
- most apparent superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does apparent mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.
Her disappointment was apparent to everyone.
- 2
Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
- 3
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Apparent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | apparent, visible , manifeste, criant, évident |
| German | offensichtlich , offenbar |
| Portuguese | visível , evidente, claro, manifesto , aparente |
| Spanish | visible , claro, evidente, manifiesto , aparente, ostensible |
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 apparent come from?
From Middle English apparaunt, aparaunt, from Old French aparent, aparant, in turn from Latin appārēns, appārentis, present participle of appāreō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).