supplicant
/ˈsʌplɪkənt/
"supplicant" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“supplicant” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - begging, pleading, supplicating
Corpus desk
Index EN-supplicant · supplicant · English
supplicant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | supplicant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsʌplɪkənt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “supplicant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
supplicant is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsʌplɪkənt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "begging, pleading, supplicating".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for supplicant, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin supplicans (“supplicating, bowing down”), from supplicō (“kneel, bow down, request”), from sub- (“lower”) + plicō (“fold”). The correct English form is supplicant, spelled S-U-P-P-L-I-C-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1begging, pleading, supplicating
Etymology
From Latin supplicans (“supplicating, bowing down”), from supplicō (“kneel, bow down, request”), from sub- (“lower”) + plicō (“fold”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.