celebrant
/ˈsɛlɪbɹənt/
"celebrant" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“celebrant” is uncommon English (frequency #59,948 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,948
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who officiates at a religious ceremony, especially a marriage or the Eucharist.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | celebrant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛlɪbɹənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,948 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “celebrant” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
celebrant is uncommon English at frequency #59,948 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɛlɪbɹənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for celebrant, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French célébrant, from Latin celebrāns, present participle of celebrō, equivalent to celebrate + -ant. The correct English form is celebrant, spelled C-E-L-E-B-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1A person who officiates at a religious ceremony, especially a marriage or the Eucharist.
- 2A person who conducts formal ceremonies in the community, particularly weddings, baby namings, renewals of wedding vows and funerals.
- 3A person who is celebrating something.
Etymology
From French célébrant, from Latin celebrāns, present participle of celebrō, equivalent to celebrate + -ant.
This word in other languages
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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Using “celebrant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-E-L-E-B-R-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɛlɪbɹənt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.