pageant
pa·geant/ˈpæd͡ʒənt/noun, verb
pageant is spelled P-A-G-E-A-N-T, 2 syllables: pa·geant. The wrong spelling people search most is pagent: about 530 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 2 in 10 of all searches for the word. Pageant is a noun meaning “An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume”. The plural of pageant is pageants.
How many letters and syllables are in pageant?
| Letters | 7: P-A-G-E-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: pa·geant |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,731st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, pagent, about 530 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell pageant?
Pageant is spelled P-A-G-E-A-N-T. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 2 in 10 of the searches for pageant in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is pageant?
Pageant appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,731st 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 pageant?
- /ˈpæd͡ʒənt/
Pageant has 2 syllables, split pa·geant in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pageant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pageant
- pageants plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- pageanting participle, present
- pageanted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pageant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
- 2
A spectacular ceremony.
- 3
Ellipsis of beauty pageant.
- 4
obsoleteA wheeled platform for the exhibition of plays, etc.
verb
- 1
To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pageant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cortège , spectacle |
| German | Festzug, Aufzug, Umzug, Festumzug, Spektakel, Parade |
| Spanish | muestra, cabalgata, comparsa , espectáculo, exhibición, ceremonia |
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 pageant come from?
Late 14th c. as Middle English pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina (“play in a cycle of mystery plays”), perhaps from Latin pāgina (“page of a book”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).