# recipient

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/ · frequency rank #7,838

## Definitions
1. One who receives.
2. A person receiving donor organs or tissues.
3. The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).

## Easily confused with
- **resilient** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recipient-vs-resilient)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ercipient`, `rceipient`, `reccipient`, `reciipent`, `recipeint`, `recipiennt`, `recipientt`, `recipietn`, `recipinet`, `recippient`, `recpiient`, `reicpient`, `rrecipient`

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