# relevant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɹɛləvənt/ · frequency rank #2,461

## Definitions
1. Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
2. Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
3. Not out of date; current.
4. Famous, popular, or noteworthy in a contemporary context.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **reliant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relevant-vs-reliant)
- **relevance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relevance-vs-relevant)
- **relevancy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/relevancy-vs-relevant)

## Common misspellings (12)
`erlevant`, `reelvant`, `releavnt`, `relevannt`, `relevantt`, `relevatn`, `relevnat`, `relevvant`, `rellevant`, `relveant`, `rleevant`, `rrelevant`

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