# brant

> English word · Noun · IPA /bɹænt/ · frequency rank #32,713

## Definitions
1. Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.

## Etymology
From New Latin/Medieval Latin Branta, latinized form of Old Norse brandgás (“sheldrake”), literally "burnt (black) goose," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz (“burning”) + *gans (“goose”).

## Easily confused with
- **Brit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-brit)
- **brat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-brat)
- **bray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-bray)
- **Bryn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-bryn)
- **bunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-bunt)
- **bren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-bren)
- **brin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-brin)
- **brut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-brut)
- **bring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-bring)
- **Brian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-brian)
- **brave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-brave)
- **brass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-brass)
- **burnt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-burnt)
- **Bryan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-bryan)
- **brett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-brett)
- **Bruno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-bruno)
- **bravo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-bravo)
- **Brent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-brent)
- **Bronx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-bronx)
- **brawl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brant-vs-brawl)

## Common misspellings (8)
`barnt`, `bbrant`, `brannt`, `brantt`, `bratn`, `brnat`, `brrant`, `rbant`

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