# variant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/ · frequency rank #9,981

## Definitions
1. Showing variety, diverse.
2. Showing deviation or disagreement.
3. Variable.
4. Covariant and/or contravariant.

## Etymology
Recorded since c.1380, from Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”).

## Easily confused with
- **verdant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/variant-vs-verdant)
- **variants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/variant-vs-variants)
- **vacant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vacant-vs-variant)
- **valiant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valiant-vs-variant)
- **vagrant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vagrant-vs-variant)
- **variance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/variance-vs-variant)

## Common misspellings (10)
`avriant`, `vairant`, `varaint`, `variannt`, `variantt`, `variatn`, `varinat`, `varriant`, `vraiant`, `vvariant`

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