# chant

> English word · Verb · IPA /t͡ʃɑːnt/ · frequency rank #12,938

## Definitions
1. To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
2. To sing or intone sacred text.
3. To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
4. To sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.

## Etymology
From Middle English chaunten, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“sing”). Doublet of cant.

## Easily confused with
- **chat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-chat)
- **coat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-coat)
- **chin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-chin)
- **clan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-clan)
- **Chen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-chen)
- **cunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-cunt)
- **chap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-chap)
- **char** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-char)
- **Chun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-chun)
- **cont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-cont)
- **Chet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-chet)
- **Chao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-chao)
- **chit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-chit)
- **Chas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-chas)
- **Chaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-chaz)
- **cyan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-cyan)
- **Chau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-chau)
- **China** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-china)
- **coast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-coast)
- **count** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chant-vs-count)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cahnt`, `cchant`, `channt`, `chantt`, `chatn`, `chhant`, `chnat`, `hcant`

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