communicant

\kɔ.my.ni.kɑ̃\

/\kɔ.my.ni.kɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“communicant” is uncommon French (frequency #50,128 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,128
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui communique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-communicant · communicant · French

communicant · rank #50,128 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,128
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH commodes

Nearest frequency peer: commodes (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « communicant »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « communicant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for communicant
PropertyValue
Headwordcommunicant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ.my.ni.kɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#50,128
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « communicant » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).communicanttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « commodes » (#50,127), « concerter » (#50,129), « combattus » (#50,126). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « communicant » est au #50,128. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

communicant is uncommon French at frequency #50,128 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ.my.ni.kɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for communicant, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is communicant, spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui communique.
  2. 2
    Qui aime communiquer. → voir communicatif

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how communicant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Frédéric se retourna : le doigt du chef lui désignait, collé sur la porte communicante, cet avis, qu’il n’avait pas remarqué : N’ENTREZ PAS ICI SANS SOLUTION.
  2. Le niveau 1, non alimentaire, a la forme d’un rectangle profond. Un escalator le relie au niveau 2, d’une surface double, divisé en deux espaces communicants […].

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "communicant"?
"communicant" is spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.my.ni.kɑ̃\.
What does "communicant" mean?
As an adjective, "communicant" means: Qui communique.
How do you pronounce "communicant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "communicant" is \kɔ.my.ni.kɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "communicant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "communicant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list