# tantamount

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt/ · frequency rank #31,789

## Definitions
1. Equivalent in meaning or effect; amounting to the same thing in practical terms, even if being technically distinct.

## Etymology
First attested in English in 1628. Either inherited from an unattested Middle English borrowing from Anglo-Norman tant amount, from amunter, from tant (“as much”) amonter (“to amount to”) or borrowed in the early 17th century from Italian tanto montare (“to amount to as much”).

## Common misspellings (15)
`atntamount`, `tanatmount`, `tanntamount`, `tantammount`, `tantamonut`, `tantamounnt`, `tantamountt`, `tantamoutn`, `tantamuont`, `tantaomunt`, `tantmaount`, `tanttamount`, `tatnamount`, `tnatamount`, `ttantamount`

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