# arent

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɑːɹɛnt/ · frequency rank #14,465

## Definitions
1. Drying out, parching, withering.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ārentem, the accusative singular form of ārēns (“drying, parching; withering”), the present participle of āreō (“to be dry or parched; to be dried up or withered”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to be dry; to dry; to burn; ashes”).

## Easily confused with
- **art** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-art)
- **ARN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-arn)
- **aunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-aunt)
- **Ares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-ares)
- **Aron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-aron)
- **Arun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-arun)
- **Arne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-arne)
- **Arno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-arno)
- **avant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-avant)
- **avert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-avert)
- **arrest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-arrest)
- **ascent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-ascent)
- **assent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-assent)
- **Arlene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-arlene)
- **argent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-argent)
- **are** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/are-vs-arent)
- **ant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ant-vs-arent)
- **area** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/area-vs-arent)
- **amen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/amen-vs-arent)
- **Aden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-arent)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aernt`, `arennt`, `arentt`, `aretn`, `arnet`, `arrent`, `raent`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/arent