operant
"operant" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“operant” is uncommon English (frequency #77,051 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,051
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That operates to produce an effect.
Corpus desk
Index EN-operant · operant · English
operant · rank #77,051 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,051
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH oncogenic
Nearest frequency peer: oncogenic (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “operant”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- oilman
oilman
22,956 corpus weight
- oleander
oleander
22,954 corpus weight
- oligarchic
oligarchic
22,953 corpus weight
- oncogenic
oncogenic
22,951 corpus weight
- operant
operant
22,950 corpus weight
- Osho
Osho
22,946 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “operant” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | operant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,051 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “operant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
operant is uncommon English at frequency #77,051 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That operates to produce an effect.".
operant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English operant, from Latin operāns. The correct English form is operant, spelled O-P-E-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1That operates to produce an effect.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how operant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
thy most operant poison
I tell you frankly, if Paul Aubry is guilty I hope is convicted and punished; but if one of the others is guilty I hope he—or she—is punished, and if I knew anything operant to that end I certainly would not withhold it.
Etymology
From Middle English operant, from Latin operāns.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).