vaunt
/vɔːnt/verb, noun
vaunt is spelled V-A-U-N-T: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, vaunt means “To speak boastfully” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in vaunt?
| Letters | 5: V-A-U-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is vaunt?
Vaunt appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th 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 vaunt?
- UK /vɔːnt/
- British /voːnt/
- /vɔnt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-vaunt.ogg, En-us-vaunt.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vaunt
- vaunts present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- vaunting participle, present
- vaunted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vaunt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To speak boastfully.
- 2
To speak boastfully about.
- 3
To boast of; to make a vain display of; to display with ostentation.
Near-synonym: flaunt
noun
- 1
An instance of vaunting; a boast.
- 2
obsoleteThe first part.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vaunt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense instance of vaunting:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vantardise |
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 vaunt come from?
From Middle English vaunten, from Anglo-Norman vaunter, variant of Old French vanter, from Latin vānus (“vain, boastful”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).