relevant
rel·e·vant/ˈɹɛləvənt/adjective
relevant is spelled R-E-L-E-V-A-N-T, 3 syllables: rel·e·vant. The wrong spelling people search most is revelant: about 230 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 23 of all searches for the word. Relevant is an adjective meaning “Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic”.
How many letters and syllables are in relevant?
| Letters | 8: R-E-L-E-V-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: rel·e·vant |
| In writing | 41 times per million words; the 2,438th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, revelant, about 230 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 relevant?
Relevant is spelled R-E-L-E-V-A-N-T. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 23 of the searches for relevant in either form.
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 relevant?
Relevant appears 41 times per million words in written English, the 2,438th 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 relevant?
- /ˈɹɛləvənt/
- [ˈɹʷɛləvənt]
Relevant has 3 syllables, split rel·e·vant in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-relevant.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-relevant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of relevant
- more relevant comparative
- most relevant superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does relevant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
- 2
Directly related, connected, or pertinent, with important ramifications or implications.
His mother provided some relevant background information concerning his medical condition.
- 3
Not out of date; current.
- 4
slangFamous, popular, or noteworthy in a contemporary context.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Relevant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pertinent |
| German | relevant |
| Portuguese | relevante, pertinente |
| Spanish | pertinente, relevante, venir al caso, hacer al caso, encajar, venir al propósito |
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 relevant come from?
From Scots relevant meaning "legally pertinent," used in Scottish legal circles starting in the early 1500s, and first used in English in the 1700s. Borrowed from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).