secant
/ˈsiːkənt/noun, adjective
secant is spelled S-E-C-A-N-T: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, secant means “A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of secant is secants.
How many letters and syllables are in secant?
| Letters | 6: S-E-C-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 secant?
Secant appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 secant?
- /ˈsiːkənt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-secant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with secant?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as secant.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: stance, ascent.
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 secant
- secants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does secant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points.
- 2
In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec
adjective
- 1
That cuts or divides.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Secant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 secant come from?
From Latin secāns, present participle of secō (“to cut”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).