communicant
/kəˈmjuːnɪkənt/noun, adjective
communicant is spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-N-T: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, communicant means “A person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the elements (i.e., bread and wine) of the sacrament of Holy Communion. (Compare also these terms…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of communicant is communicants.
How many letters and syllables are in communicant?
| Letters | 11: C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is communicant?
Communicant appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th 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 communicant?
- /kəˈmjuːnɪkənt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-communicant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of communicant
- communicants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does communicant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the elements (i.e., bread and wine) of the sacrament of Holy Communion. (Compare also these terms: communion, Communion, Lord's Supper, Mass, Eucharist, Divine Liturgy.)
- 2
One who communicates.
adjective
- 1
Communicating.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Communicant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who receives Communion:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | communiant, communiante |
| German | Kommunikant, Kommunikantin, Abendmahlsgast, Abendmahlsgästin, Abendmahlsgänger, Abendmahlsgängerin |
| Portuguese | comungante |
| Spanish | comulgante |
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.