aslant
/əˈslænt/
"aslant" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aslant” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Slanting.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aslant · aslant · English
aslant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aslant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈslænt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “aslant” in English
Rare enough to double-check
aslant is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˈslænt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Slanting.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aslant, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English aslant (“at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously”), from on slante; equivalent to a- + slant. The correct English form is aslant, spelled A-S-L-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Slanting.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aslant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: askance
As for the manner and fashion of the cut [when pruning grapevines], it ought alwaies to be aslant, like a goats foot, that no drops of raine may settle and rest thereupon, but that euery shower may soon shoot off:
Etymology
From Middle English aslant (“at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously”), from on slante; equivalent to a- + slant.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.