# pageant

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpæd͡ʒənt/ · frequency rank #14,803

## Definitions
1. An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
2. A spectacular ceremony.
3. Ellipsis of beauty pageant.
4. A wheeled platform for the exhibition of plays, etc.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **Paget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pageant-vs-paget)
- **parent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pageant-vs-parent)
- **patent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pageant-vs-patent)
- **pageantry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pageant-vs-pageantry)
- **pagan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pagan-vs-pageant)
- **pagans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pagans-vs-pageant)

## Common misspellings (10)
`apgeant`, `paegant`, `pagaent`, `pageannt`, `pageantt`, `pageatn`, `pagenat`, `paggeant`, `pgaeant`, `ppageant`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pageant