remnant
rem·nant/ˈɹɛmnənt/noun
remnant is spelled R-E-M-N-A-N-T, 2 syllables: rem·nant. The wrong spelling people search most is remenant: about 110 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 21 of all searches for the word. Remnant is a noun meaning “A small portion remaining of a larger thing or group; part of a former whole”. The plural of remnant is remnants.
How many letters and syllables are in remnant?
| Letters | 7: R-E-M-N-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: rem·nant |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,589th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, remenant, about 110 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 remnant?
Remnant is spelled R-E-M-N-A-N-T. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 15 of the searches for remnant 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 remnant?
Remnant appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th 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 remnant?
- US /ˈɹɛmnənt/
- Australia /ˈɹemnənt/
Remnant has 2 syllables, split rem·nant in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-remnant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of remnant
- remnants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does remnant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small portion remaining of a larger thing or group; part of a former whole.
The remnants of the Neanderthal race mixed with members of Homo sapiens.
- 2
The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.
Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.
- 3
An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.
All the remnants were sold in the flea market.
- 4
The passionate, influential minority of radicals in a faction or party.
adjective
- 1
archaicStill left; remaining.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Remnant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | reste |
| German | Rest, Überbleibsel, Relikt, Überrest , Restposten |
| Portuguese | resto, sobra, restante |
| Spanish | resto, restante, reliquia, despojo, residuo, retazo |
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 remnant come from?
From Middle English, contraction of remenant, from Anglo-Norman remanant, present participle of remaindre, from Latin remaneō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).