discriminant
noun, adjective
discriminant is spelled D-I-S-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-N-T: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, discriminant means “An expression that gives information about the roots of a polynomial; for example, the expression D = b² - 4ac determines whether the roots of the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of discriminant is discriminants.
How many letters and syllables are in discriminant?
| Letters | 12: D-I-S-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,122nd 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 discriminant?
Discriminant appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd 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 discriminant?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-discriminant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of discriminant
- discriminants plural
- more discriminant comparative
- most discriminant superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does discriminant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An expression that gives information about the roots of a polynomial; for example, the expression D = b² - 4ac determines whether the roots of the quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0 are real and distinct (D > 0), real and equal (D = 0) or complex (D < 0).
- 2
The invariant (on the vector space of forms of degree d in n variables) that vanishes exactly when the corresponding hypersurface in Pⁿ⁻¹ is singular.
adjective
- 1
Serving to discriminate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Discriminant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in algebra:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | discriminant |
| Spanish | discriminante |
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.