# pregnant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/ · frequency rank #2,695

## Definitions
1. Carrying developing offspring within the body.
2. Carrying developing offspring within the body.
3. Meaningful, having numerous possibilities or implications; full of promise; abounding in ability, resources, etc.
4. Fecund, fertile, prolific (usually of soil, ground, etc.).
5. Affording entrance; receptive; yielding; willing; open; prompt.
6. Ready-witted; clever; ingenious.

## Etymology
From Middle English preignant, from Old French preignant, pregnant, also prenant (compare archaic Modern French prégnant), and their source, Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”), probably from prae- (“pre-”) + *gnāscī, an archaic form of nāscī (“to be born”). Displaced Old English bearnēacen (literally "child-enlarged").

## Easily confused with
- **pennant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pennant-vs-pregnant)
- **poignant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poignant-vs-pregnant)
- **pregnancy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pregnancy-vs-pregnant)

## Common misspellings (13)
`pergnant`, `ppregnant`, `pregannt`, `preggnant`, `pregnannt`, `pregnantt`, `pregnatn`, `pregnnant`, `pregnnat`, `prengant`, `prgenant`, `prregnant`, `rpegnant`

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