prominent
prom·i·nent/ˈpɹɑmɪnənt/adjective, noun
prominent is spelled P-R-O-M-I-N-E-N-T, 3 syllables: prom·i·nent. The wrong spelling people search most is prominant: about 210 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Prominent is an adjective meaning “Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant”.
How many letters and syllables are in prominent?
| Letters | 9: P-R-O-M-I-N-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: prom·i·nent |
| In writing | 21 times per million words; the 4,076th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, prominant, about 210 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell prominent?
Prominent is spelled P-R-O-M-I-N-E-N-T. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is prominent?
Prominent appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,076th 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 prominent?
- US /ˈpɹɑmɪnənt/
- UK /ˈpɹɒmɪnənt/
Prominent has 3 syllables, split prom·i·nent in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-prominent.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of prominent
- more prominent comparative
- most prominent superlative
- prominents plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prominent mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Standing out, or projecting; jutting; protuberant.
The bird was perching on the prominent ledge at the top of the rocks
- 2
Likely to attract attention from its size or position; conspicuous.
Place the slogan in a more prominent position.
- 3
Eminent; distinguished above others.
prominent members of the press
noun
- 1
Any of various moths having a conspicuous projection on the inner margin of the wings.
- 2
In Nazi concentration camps, an inmate entrusted with minor supervisory duties and rewarded with perquisites.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Prominent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | protubérant, saillant , proéminent |
| German | überstehend, hervorstehend , prominent , hervorstechend |
| Portuguese | proeminente , conhecido |
| Spanish | prominente, sobresaliente |
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 prominent come from?
From obsolete French prominent (compare proéminent), from Latin prōminēns, present active participle of prōmineō (“jut out, to project”), from prō (“before, forward”) + mineō (in compounds, “jut, project”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).