# radiant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹeɪ.di.ənt/ · frequency rank #15,252

## Definitions
1. Radiating light and/or heat.
2. Emitted as radiation.
3. Beaming with vivacity and happiness.
4. Strikingly beautiful.
5. Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
6. Giving off rays.
7. Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers.

## Etymology
From Middle English radyant, from Latin radiāns, radiantis, present participle of radiāre (“to emit rays or beams”).

## Easily confused with
- **rampant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/radiant-vs-rampant)
- **reliant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/radiant-vs-reliant)
- **radiate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/radiant-vs-radiate)
- **radial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/radial-vs-radiant)
- **radiance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/radiance-vs-radiant)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ardiant`, `radaint`, `raddiant`, `radiannt`, `radiantt`, `radiatn`, `radinat`, `raidant`, `rdaiant`, `rradiant`

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