# compliant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kəmˈplʌɪənt/ · frequency rank #16,668

## Definitions
1. Willing to comply; submissive; willing to do what someone wants.
2. Compatible with or following guidelines, specifications, rules, or laws.

## Etymology
From comply + -ant.

## Easily confused with
- **complicit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compliant-vs-complicit)
- **compliment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compliant-vs-compliment)
- **complaint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/complaint-vs-compliant)
- **compliance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compliance-vs-compliant)
- **complainant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/complainant-vs-compliant)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ccompliant`, `cmopliant`, `comlpiant`, `commpliant`, `compilant`, `compliannt`, `compliantt`, `compliatn`, `complinat`, `complliant`, `comppliant`, `copmliant`, `ocmpliant`

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