combatant
/ˈkɒm.bə.tənt/
"combatant" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“combatant” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #31,923 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #31,923
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person engaged in combat, often armed.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | combatant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒm.bə.tənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “combatant” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for combatant is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɒm.bə.tənt/. Corpus data places it at rank #31,923 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A person engaged in combat, often armed.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for combatant, with forms such as "ccombatant", "cmobatant", and "cobmatant". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from late Middle English combataunt, from Middle French combatant. By surface analysis, combat + -ant. Doublet of combattant. The correct English form is combatant, spelled C-O-M-B-A-T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1A person engaged in combat, often armed.
Etymology
Inherited from late Middle English combataunt, from Middle French combatant. By surface analysis, combat + -ant. Doublet of combattant.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccombatant,cmobatant,cobmatant,comabtant,combaatnt,combatannt,combatantt,combatatn,combatnat,combattant,combbatant,combtaant,commbatant,ocmbatant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of combatant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “combatant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-M-B-A-T-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɒm.bə.tənt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.