gant

\ɡɑ̃\

/\ɡɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“gant” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,393. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,393
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Objet d’habillement, qui couvre la main et chaque doigt séparément.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gant · gant · French

gant · rank #15,393 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,393
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gallois

Nearest frequency peer: gallois (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gant vs GT
0% similar
gant vs GN
0% similar
gant vs get
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gant
PropertyValue
Headwordgant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɑ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#15,393
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gallois » (#15,392), « garou » (#15,394), « funéraire » (#15,391). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gant » est au #15,393. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around gant (IPA \ɡɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,393 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for gant, with forms such as "agnt", "gannt", and "gantt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GT", "GN", "get", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gant, spelled G-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objet d’habillement, qui couvre la main et chaque doigt séparément.
  2. 2
    Objet qui protège la main.
  3. 3
    Meuble représentant le vêtement du même nom dans les armoiries. Il est généralement représenté en main droite, vu de dessus (pouce à dextre), avec un léger rabat au niveau du poignet pour éviter la confusion avec la main (autre meuble héraldique). À rapprocher de gantelet, main, dextrochère et senestrochère.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les gants fourrés sont plus gros et plus chauds que les autres, parce qu'ils sont garnis au dedans de fourrures fines ou communes.
  2. Une vieille ordonnance pour la création des chevaliers du Bain mentionne entre autres parties du vêtement une paire de gants blancs suspendue à un lacet de soie.

This word in other languages

glove(English)guante(Español)Handschuh(Deutsch)luva(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • agnt
  • gannt
  • gantt
  • gatn
  • ggant
  • gnat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

agnt2gannt1gantt1gatn2ggant1gnat2
Edit distance from "gant"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gant"?
"gant" is spelled G-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɑ̃\.
What does "gant" mean?
As a noun, "gant" means: Objet d’habillement, qui couvre la main et chaque doigt séparément.
What words are commonly confused with "gant"?
"gant" is commonly confused with "GT", "GN", "get". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gant" is \ɡɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gant" come from?
"gant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

HTML#15,405lana#15,421duke#15,358lost#15,430

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

garou6 variantsguéri6 variantsdouée6 variantsnavy6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list