# defiant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /dɪˈfaɪ(j)ənt/ · frequency rank #22,054

## Definitions
1. Defying.
2. Boldly resisting opposition.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French défiant, from the verb défier. Doublet of diffident. By surface analysis, def(i) + -ant.

## Easily confused with
- **define** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defiant-vs-define)
- **deficit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defiant-vs-deficit)
- **deviant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defiant-vs-deviant)
- **defiantly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defiant-vs-defiantly)
- **defeat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defeat-vs-defiant)
- **defiance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defiance-vs-defiant)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddefiant`, `defaint`, `deffiant`, `defiannt`, `defiantt`, `defiatn`, `definat`, `deifant`, `dfeiant`, `edfiant`

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