tolerant
/ˈtɑːləɹənt/adjective, noun
tolerant is spelled T-O-L-E-R-A-N-T: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tolerant means “Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tolerant?
| Letters | 8: T-O-L-E-R-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.8 times per million words; the 13,321st 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 tolerant?
Tolerant appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st 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 tolerant?
- UK /ˈtɒləɹənt/
- US /ˈtɑːləɹənt/
Tolerant 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)-Vealhurl-tolerant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tolerant?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tolerant from its last stressed vowel (/ɑləɹənt/):
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 tolerant
- more tolerant comparative
- most tolerant superlative
- tolerants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tolerant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.
- 2
Tending to withstand or survive.
These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.
noun
- 1
One who or that which tolerates something, especially a biological species.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tolerant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something:
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 tolerant come from?
Either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).