rant
/ɹænt/verb, noun
rant is spelled R-A-N-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, rant means “To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in rant?
| Letters | 4: R-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.7 times per million words; the 11,685th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is rant?
Rant appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce rant?
- US /ɹænt/
- British /ɹant/
- /ɾant/
Rant has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-rant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rant?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rant from its last stressed vowel (/ænt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tarn, nart.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of rant
- rants present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- ranting participle, present
- ranted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To speak or shout at length in uncontrollable anger.
- 2
To disseminate one's own opinions in a–typically–one-sided, strong manner.
Harry was ranting about his boss again, but nobody paid any attention.
- 3
To criticize by ranting.
- 4
datedTo speak extravagantly, as in merriment.
- 5
To dance rant steps.
noun
- 1
A criticism done by ranting.
- 2
A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
- 3
A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | poltern , Rant , Geschrei, Wutanfall, Poltern |
| Spanish | despotricar , invectiva, diatriba, filípica , vilipendiar, echar pestes |
| French | râler |
| Portuguese | criticismo , desabafar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does rant come from?
From Dutch ranten, randen (“to talk nonsense, rave”), from Middle Dutch ranten (“to rant, babble, goof around”), of uncertain origin; but apparently related to Middle High German ranzen (“to dance, jump around, frolic”), German ranzen (“to be ardent, be in heat, copulate, mate, ramble, join up”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).