exponent
ex·po·nent/ɛkˈspəʊ.nənt/noun
exponent is spelled E-X-P-O-N-E-N-T: 8 letters and 3 syllables (ex·po·nent). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, exponent means “One who expounds, represents or advocates” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of exponent is exponents.
How many letters and syllables are in exponent?
| Letters | 8: E-X-P-O-N-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ex·po·nent |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,789th 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 exponent?
Exponent appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th 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 exponent?
- UK /ɛkˈspəʊ.nənt/
- UK /ˈɛk.spə.nənt/
- UK /ɪkˈspəʊ.nənt/
Exponent has 3 syllables, split ex·po·nent in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-exponent.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Ajshul-exponent.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of exponent
- exponents plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does exponent mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who expounds, represents or advocates.
- 2
The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the 3 in 2³=8.
- 3
obsoleteThe degree to which the root of a radicand is found, for example, the 2 in ^(2])√=b.
- 4
A phonological manifestation of a morphosyntactic property; in layman's terms, the expression of one or more grammatical properties by sound.
- 5
The part of a floating-point number that represents its exponent value.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Exponent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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.
Where does exponent come from?
From Latin expōnēns, present participle of expōnō (“to expose; to exhibit, display, set out; to explain”), from ex- (“out, away”) + pōnō (“to lay, place, put”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).