occupant
/ˈɑ.kjə.pənt/noun
occupant is spelled O-C-C-U-P-A-N-T: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, occupant means “A person who occupies an office or a position” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of occupant is occupants.
How many letters and syllables are in occupant?
| Letters | 8: O-C-C-U-P-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is occupant?
Occupant appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 occupant?
- UK /ˈɒk.jʊ.pənt/
- US /ˈɑ.kjə.pənt/
- Canada /ˈɒk.jə.pənt/
Occupant has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-occupant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of occupant
- occupants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does occupant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who occupies an office or a position.
I cannot say the same of the current occupant of the position
- 2
A person who occupies a place.
- 3
A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
- 4
The owner or tenant of a property.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Occupant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | occupant , passager , habitant |
| German | Besatzer, Besatzerin, Okkupant, Okkupantin , Bewohner, Bewohnerin |
| Spanish | ocupante |
| Portuguese | ocupante |
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 occupant come from?
Borrowed from Middle French occupant (present participle of occuper) or Latin occupāns, occupantis (present participle of occupō). By surface analysis, occupy + -ant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).