supplant
/səˈplænt/verb
supplant is spelled S-U-P-P-L-A-N-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, supplant means “To take the place of; to replace, to supersede” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in supplant?
| Letters | 8: S-U-P-P-L-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 supplant?
Supplant appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,368th 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 supplant?
- UK /səˈplɑːnt/
- US /səˈplænt/
Supplant has 2 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: En-us-supplant.ogg, En-au-supplant.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with supplant?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as supplant from its last stressed vowel (/ænt/):
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 supplant
- supplants present, singular, he/she/it
- supplanting participle, present
- supplanted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does supplant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?
- 2
obsoleteTo uproot, to remove violently.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Supplant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | supplanter , détrôner, déposer, dézinguer, renverser, éradiquer |
| German | verdrängen, ersetzen, ausstechen |
| Portuguese | suplantar, substituir |
| Spanish | suplantar , destronar, derribar, derrocar |
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 supplant come from?
From Middle English supplanten, supplaunten, from Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantō (“trip up”), from sub (“from below, under”) + planta (“sole”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).