reliant
adjective
reliant is spelled R-E-L-I-A-N-T: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, reliant means “Having reliance on somebody or something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in reliant?
| Letters | 7: R-E-L-I-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is reliant?
Reliant appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th 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 reliant?
- US
Reliant has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-reliant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with reliant?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as reliant.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: retinal, latrine.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of reliant
- more reliant comparative
- most reliant superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does reliant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having reliance on somebody or something.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Reliant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having reliance on somebody or something:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | dépendant |
| German | abhängig, angewiesen |
| Portuguese | dependente |
| Spanish | dependiente |
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 reliant come from?
From rely + -ant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).