Currant or current?
currant is a noun meaning “A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape”; current is a noun meaning “The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid”. They sound the same (/ˈkʌɹənt/). In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) current is about 575 times as common as currant.
What is the difference between currant and current?
| currant | current | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun | noun, adjective |
| Meaning | A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red | The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current Existing or occurring at the moment |
| Example | none recorded | current events |
| Forms | currants | currents |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkʌɹənt/ /ˈkʊɹənt/ /ˈkɐɹənt/ | /ˈkʌɹənt/ /ˈkʊɹənt/ /ˈkɐɹənt/ |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words | 186 times per million words |
Sources: currant and current in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of currant and current
currant
- 1
A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape
- 2
The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red
- 3
A shrub bearing such fruit
current
- 1
The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid
- 2
Existing or occurring at the moment
current events
- 3
The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current
- 4
Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment; having currency
current affairs
- 5
Ellipsis of electric current
- 6
Electric; of or relating to electricity
current bill
- 7
electricity, power in general
- 8
A tendency or a course of events
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, currant or current?
currant appears about once in every 3 million words; current 186 times per million words.
currant about once in every 3 million wordscurrent 186 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search currant vs current?
“currant vs current” is searched about 720 times a month on Google and 20 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“current vs currant”, “currant or current”).
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