claimant
/ˈkleɪ.mənt/noun
claimant is spelled C-L-A-I-M-A-N-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, claimant means “One who claims; one who makes a claim” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of claimant is claimants.
How many letters and syllables are in claimant?
| Letters | 8: C-L-A-I-M-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is claimant?
Claimant appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th 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 claimant?
- US /ˈkleɪ.mənt/
Claimant has 2 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-عُثمان_(Middle_river_exports)-claimant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with claimant?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as claimant from its last stressed vowel (/eɪmənt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of claimant
- claimants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does claimant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who claims; one who makes a claim.
- 2
UKA person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar.
- 3
The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Claimant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who claims:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | prétendant |
| Spanish | actor |
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 claimant come from?
From Old French and Anglo-Norman clamant, present participle of the verb clamer and its variants, from Latin clāmō (“to cry out”), equivalent to claim + -ant. Compare clamant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).