# claimant

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkleɪ.mənt/ · frequency rank #24,114

## Definitions
1. One who claims; one who makes a claim.
2. A 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.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **claiming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/claimant-vs-claiming)

## Common misspellings (12)
`calimant`, `cclaimant`, `claiamnt`, `claimannt`, `claimantt`, `claimatn`, `claimmant`, `claimnat`, `clamiant`, `cliamant`, `cllaimant`, `lcaimant`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/claimant