Is it officiate or officiant?

ILoveToRobot

Dumb question but I always thought it was officiant but all the spell check programs want me to make it officiate.

J&K10910

Officiant is the person.

Officiate is the verb.

An officiant officiates. 

RebeccaB88

The officiant is the person. Officiate is the action that he or she does.  Officient = noun.  Officiate = verb.

ILoveToRobot

So, I use officiant in the programs right? That's what I thought... you officiate something but you are an officiant. The spell check keeps telling me I'm wrong!

J&K10910

MS Word's spell check and grammar check is wrong a lot. 

ILoveToRobot

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_is-it-officiate-or-officiant?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:dec0225b-d83b-4079-85d8-e84bfb1f944dPost:c299b27b-001c-40b3-ab90-a6bc3128782f">Re: Is it officiate or officiant?</a>:
[QUOTE]MS Word's spell check and grammar check is wrong a lot. 
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

Yeah, it is wrong quite a bit but I was just confused considering my sister told me that the spell check was right and that I was wrong. Usually, I know when it's wrong but I never spell officiant or officiate... Made me second guess myself...

ILoveToRobot

Thank you everyone

ILoveToRobot

BTW J&K your sig pic reminds me of my cats... to a T

libby2483

Spell check did the same thing to me when I typed our programs. I knew I was right, but it still made me momentarily doubt myself.