slant
/ˈslɑːnt/noun, verb, adjective
slant is spelled S-L-A-N-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, slant means “A slope; an incline, inclination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of slant is slants.
How many letters and syllables are in slant?
| Letters | 5: S-L-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 slant?
Slant appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th 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 slant?
- UK /ˈslɑːnt/
- /ˈslant/
- /ˈslant/
Slant has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-slant.ogg, En-au-slant.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with slant?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as slant from its last stressed vowel (/ɑnt/, British pronunciation):
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 slant
- slants plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- slanting participle, present
- slanted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does slant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A slope; an incline, inclination.
The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.
- 2
A sloped surface or line.
- 3
A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
- 4
Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
- 5
An oblique movement or course.
- 6
A sloping surface in a culture medium.
- 7
A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
- 8
A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.
verb
- 1
To lean, tilt or incline.
If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.
- 2
To bias or skew.
a magazine slanted toward the youth market
- 3
ScotlandTo lie or exaggerate.
adjective
- 1
Sloping; oblique; slanted.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Slant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | biais , connotation , incliner, pencher , biaiser |
| German | Schräge, Hang, Abhang, schiefe Ebene, Neigung, Steigung |
| Portuguese | inclinação |
| Spanish | inclinación , sesgar |
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 slant come from?
Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).