# tenant

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɛ.nənt/ · frequency rank #9,968

## Definitions
1. One who holds a lease (a tenancy).
2. One who has possession of any place.
3. Any of a number of customers serviced through the same instance of an application.
4. One who holds a feudal tenure in real property.
5. One who owns real estate other than via allodial title.

## Etymology
From Middle English tenaunt, from Anglo-Norman tenaunt and Old French tenant, present participle of tenir (“to hold”), from Latin tenēre (“hold, keep”).

## Easily confused with
- **tent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenant-vs-tent)
- **Texan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenant-vs-texan)
- **tenet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenant-vs-tenet)
- **tyrant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenant-vs-tyrant)
- **Tennant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenant-vs-tennant)
- **Tegan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tegan-vs-tenant)
- **tenancy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenancy-vs-tenant)

## Common misspellings (8)
`etnant`, `teannt`, `tenannt`, `tenantt`, `tenatn`, `tennat`, `tneant`, `ttenant`

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