# pleasant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈplɛz.ənt/ · frequency rank #4,973

## Definitions
1. Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
2. Facetious, joking.

## Etymology
From Middle English plesaunte, from Old French plaisant. By surface analysis, please + -ant. Related to Dutch plezant (“full of fun or pleasure”). Partly displaced Old English wynsum, which became Modern English winsome.

## Easily confused with
- **pleasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleasant-vs-pleasing)
- **pleasantly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pleasant-vs-pleasantly)
- **peasant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peasant-vs-pleasant)
- **peasants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peasants-vs-pleasant)
- **pheasant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pheasant-vs-pleasant)

## Common misspellings (12)
`lpeasant`, `pelasant`, `plaesant`, `pleaasnt`, `pleasannt`, `pleasantt`, `pleasatn`, `pleasnat`, `pleassant`, `plesaant`, `plleasant`, `ppleasant`

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