Layperson

Definition: Layperson

Layperson

Noun

1. Someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person.

Synonym: Layperson

Synonym: layman (n). (additional references)

Antonym: clergyman (n). (additional references)

Domain	Title
Books	Contemporary Relationships between Wood & Finish: A Step-By-Step Guidebook and Design Planner for the Layperson and Professional (reference) Credit Cards & the Law (Oceana's Legal Almanac: Law for the Layperson) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Layperson" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Layperson" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	10	111,207

Language		Translations for "layperson"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		laie (laity, layman). (various references)

Pig Latin		aypersonlay

Russian		неспециалист, непрофессионал (layman). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "layperson": laypersons. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "layperson" (pronounced lāper"sun)
5	-p er" s u n	person.
4	-er" s u n	worsen.
3	-s u n	aflatoxin, angiotensin, antitoxin, arson, assassin, basin, bison, bolson, businessperson, capsaicin, chairperson, chasten, christen, claxon, comparison, congressperson, damson, delicatessen, diocesan, dioxin, Dobson, ensign, fasten, garrison, Gibson, glisten, hasten, Hyson, jettison, keelson, kelson, lessen, lesson, listen, loosen, Mason, medicine, moisten, myosin, Nelson, newsperson, oxen, oxytocin, parson, rechristen, rhodopsin, salesperson, spokesperson, toxin, unison, venison, washbasin, weatherperson.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-l-n-o-p-r-s-y"
	-1 letter: personal, psoralen, pyranose.
	-2 letters: espanol, leprosy, loaners, parleys, paroles, parsley, persona, planers, players, plenary, poleyns, prolans, pronely, pyrolas, pyrones, reloans, replans, replays, reposal, sparely.
	-3 letters: anoles, aprons, arpens, arseno, aslope, enrols, lanose, lapser, layers, learns, loaner, loners, lopers, lorans, napery, nearly, nerols, nopals, openly, operas, osprey, paeons, panels, pareos, parles, parley, parole, parols, parson, payers, payors, pearls, pearly, person, planer, planes, player, plyers, polars, polers, poleyn, prolan, proles, pylons, pyrans, pyrola, pyrone, rayons, reason, relays, reloan, repays, replan, replay, royals, sanely, senary, senora, slayer, sloper, snarly, soaper, sorely, splore, sporal, yapons, yearns.
	-4 letters: aeons, aloes, alone, anole, apers, apery, apres, apron, arles, arose, arpen, arson, aryls, aspen, asper, earls, early, earns, elans, enols, enrol, eyras, lanes, lapse, lares, laser, layer, leans, leaps, learn, lears, leary, lenos, loans, loner, loper, lopes, loran, lores, loser, lyase, lyres, napes, nares, neaps, nears, nerol, noels, nopal, nosey, onery, opals, opens, opera, orals, orles, oyers, paeon, paler, pales, palsy, panel, panes, pansy, pareo, pares, parle, parol, parse, paseo, payer, payor, peals, peans, pearl, pears, pelon, penal, peons, peony, plane, plans, plays, pleas, plena, ploys, plyer, poesy, polar, poler, poles, polys, pones, pores, porns, porny, poser, praos, prase, prays, presa, preys, proas, prole, prone, prose, prosy, psoae, pylon, pyran, pyres, rales, rapes, raspy, rayon, reals, reaps, relay, renal, repay, reply, repos, resay, roans, roles, ropes, ropey, royal, salep, salon, saner, sapor, sayer, senor, sepal, sepoy, seral, slope, slyer, slype, snare, snarl, sneap, snore, soapy, solan, solar, sonar, sonly, sorel, spale, spare, spean, spear, splay, spore, spray, syren, yapon, yarns, yeans, yearn, years, yelps, yores.
	-5 letters: aeon, aero, aery, ales, aloe, alps, also, anes, aper, apes, apse, ares, arse, aryl, ayes, earl, earn, ears, easy, elan, enol, eons, epos, eras, erns, eros, espy, eyas, eyra, lane, laps, lars, lase, lays, lean, leap, lear, leas, leno, lens, leys, loan, lone, lope, lops, lore, lorn, lory, lose, lyes, lyre, lyse, naos, nape, naps, nary, nays, neap, near, noel, noes, nope, nose, nosy, oars, olea, oles, ones, only, opal, open, opes, oral, ores, orle, osar, oyer, oyes, pale, pals, paly, pane, pans, pare, pars, pase, pays, peal, pean, pear, peas, pens, peon, peso, plan, play, plea, ploy, pole, pols, poly, pone, pons, pony, pore, porn, pose, posy, prao, pray, prey, proa, pros, pyas, pyes, pyre, rale, rape, raps, rase, rasp, rays, real, reap, rely, repo, reps, roan, roes, role, rope, ropy, rose, rosy, ryas, ryes, sale, salp, sane, seal, sear, sera, slap, slay, sloe, slop.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-l-n-o-p-r-s-y"
	+1 letter: gyroplanes, laypersons, narcolepsy, personally, personalty.
	+2 letters: antileprosy, hydroplanes, pennyroyals, personality, polyandries.
	+3 letters: counterplays, impersonally, laryngoscope, lycanthropes.
	+4 letters: cyclopropanes, impersonality, laryngoscopes, lycanthropies, polyurethanes, postembryonal, proteoglycans, supernormally.
	+5 letters: apocryphalness, counterplayers, hypersonically, isentropically, laryngoscopies, nasopharyngeal, percutaneously, pertinaciously, phytoplankters, polycarbonates, polymerisation, processionally, professionally, sulfinpyrazone, supernormality, supersonically.
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