# Sant

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #31,743

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As an English and French surname, variant of Saint (as a Dutch surname, from a doublet, sint; also Vansant).
* As an Italian surname, variant of Santo.
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Sand, itself from the English noun sand.
* As an Indian (Maharashtra)/Hindi surname, from संत (sant).

## Easily confused with
- **say** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-say)
- **set** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-set)
- **saw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-saw)
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-son)
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-sun)
- **sit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-sit)
- **sat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-sat)
- **sin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-sin)
- **sen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-sen)
- **SNP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-snp)
- **sap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-sap)
- **SAS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-sas)
- **Sao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-sao)
- **SNL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-snl)
- **Sar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-sar)
- **sax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-sax)
- **syn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-syn)
- **SMT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-smt)
- **Snr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-snr)
- **SSN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sant-vs-ssn)

## Common misspellings (5)
`asnt`, `sannt`, `santt`, `snat`, `ssant`

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