mendicant
/ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/
"mendicant" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mendicant” is an uncommon English word, ranked #76,984 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #76,984
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Depending on alms for a living.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mendicant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,984 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mendicant” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for mendicant is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/. Corpus data places it at rank #76,984 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mendicant in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English mendicant, from Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō (“beg”). Compare French mendiant. The correct English form is mendicant, spelled M-E-N-D-I-C-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Depending on alms for a living.
- 2Of or pertaining to a beggar.
- 3Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.
Etymology
From Middle English mendicant, from Latin mendīcāns, present participle of mendīcō (“beg”). Compare French mendiant.
This word in other languages
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 “mendicant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-E-N-D-I-C-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.