# tolerant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtɒləɹənt/ · frequency rank #13,439

## Definitions
1. Tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.
2. Tending to withstand or survive.

## Etymology
Either borrowed from French tolérant or directly from its source Latin tolerans, present participle of, and participial adjective from tolerō (“to endure”).

## Easily confused with
- **tolerate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tolerant-vs-tolerate)
- **tolerance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tolerance-vs-tolerant)

## Common misspellings (12)
`otlerant`, `tloerant`, `toelrant`, `tolearnt`, `tolerannt`, `tolerantt`, `toleratn`, `tolernat`, `tolerrant`, `tollerant`, `tolreant`, `ttolerant`

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