participant
/pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/noun, adjective
participant is spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-A-N-T: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, participant means “One who participates” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of participant is participants.
How many letters and syllables are in participant?
| Letters | 11: P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.0 times per million words; the 9,878th 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 participant?
Participant appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th 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 participant?
- UK /pɑːˈtɪsɪpənt/
- US /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/
- US /pəɹˈtɪsəpənt/
Participant has 4 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-participant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of participant
- participants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does participant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who participates.
Near-synonyms: entrant, partaker
- 2
A human subject in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial
a research participant
adjective
- 1
Sharing; participating; having a share of part.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Participant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one who participates:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | participant, participante |
| German | Teilnehmer, Teilnehmerin |
| Portuguese | participante |
| Spanish | participante, partícipe |
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 participant come from?
From stem of particip(ate) + -ant, borrowed from Middle French participant, from Latin participāns, present participle of participō; see participate. Displaced native Old English dǣlnimend (literally “part taker”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).