Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dependant

/dɪˈpɛndənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables: de-pen-dant
IPA: /dɪˈpɛndənt/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete spelling of dependent.

Obsolete

adj

Misspelling of dependent.

noun

UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of dependent.

Example Sentences

"Mrs. Smith has this morning exercised the privilege of riches upon a poor dependant cousin, by sending me on business to London."
"However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…]"

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dɪˈpɛndənt/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more dependant (comparative) most dependant (superlative) dependants (plural)

Derived Forms

dependancy

Synonyms

dependent drug-addicted hooked strung-out qualified

Homonyms

dependent

Questions

How do you pronounce dependant?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈpɛndənt/.
What does dependant mean?: Obsolete spelling of dependent.

How to pronounce dependant

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