plant
/plɑːnt/noun, verb
plant is spelled P-L-A-N-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 78 times per million words in written English, the 1,369th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, plant means “An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis, and typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of plant is plants.
How many letters and syllables are in plant?
| Letters | 5: P-L-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 78 times per million words; the 1,369th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is plant?
Plant appears 78 times per million words in written English, the 1,369th 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 plant?
- UK /plɑːnt/
- UK [pʰl̥ɑːnt]
- Australia /plɐːnt/
Plant has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-plant.wav, En-us-plant.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with plant?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as plant from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnt/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of plant
- plants plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- planting participle, present
- planted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does plant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis, and typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border.
- 2
An organism of the kingdom Plantae, and now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.
- 3
Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.
- 4
obsoleteA young tree, vine, shrub, or herb; a sapling.
- 5
proscribedAny creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including plants and fungi.
- 6
A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility.
The company has production plants in three countries.
- 7
Machinery and other supplies and equipment, such as the kind used in heavy industry, light industry, earthmoving, or construction.
Near-synonym: capital equipment
- 8
AustraliaThe equipment and work animals of a drover or other rural worker travelling through the countryside.
verb
- 1
To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
- 2
To furnish or supply with plants.
to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest
- 3
To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.
That gun’s not mine! It was planted there by the real murderer!
- 4
To place or set something firmly or with conviction.
to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a flag; to plant one’s feet on solid ground
- 5
To place in the ground.
- 6
To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
- 7
To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish.
to plant a colony
- 8
To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.
to plant Christianity among the heathen
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate plant?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of plant: PPE.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Plant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | plante , herbacée , végétal , matériel , planter , placer |
| German | Pflanze, Gewächs , pflanzen, säen , Maulwurf , Kombination |
| Portuguese | planta, vegetal , erva , aparelhagem , plantar |
| Spanish | planta, mata, vegetal, vegetable , plantar, sembrar |
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 plant come from?
From Middle English plante, from Old English plante (“young tree or shrub, herb newly planted”), from Proto-West Germanic *plantu, from Latin planta (“sprout, shoot, cutting”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).