# avant

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #18,020

## Definitions
1. The front of an army; the vanguard.

## Etymology
Abbreviated from avant-garde.

## Easily confused with
- **Avon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avant-vs-avon)
- **await** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avant-vs-await)
- **avert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avant-vs-avert)
- **avian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avant-vs-avian)
- **ant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ant-vs-avant)
- **Ava** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ava-vs-avant)
- **Alan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alan-vs-avant)
- **aunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aunt-vs-avant)
- **agent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/agent-vs-avant)
- **apart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/apart-vs-avant)
- **adapt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-avant)
- **avail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avail-vs-avant)
- **arent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arent-vs-avant)
- **Anand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/anand-vs-avant)
- **Alana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alana-vs-avant)
- **advent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/advent-vs-avant)

## Common misspellings (7)
`aavnt`, `avannt`, `avantt`, `avatn`, `avnat`, `avvant`, `vaant`

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