tant
\tɑ̃\
The verdict
“tant” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #231. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #231
- frequency rank, French
- 3,703
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tellement ; en grande quantité ; en nombre ; à un tel point.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tant · tant · French
tant · rank #231 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #231
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,703
- PHOTO-FINISH quelque
Nearest frequency peer: quelque (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tant”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- serait
serait
99,773 corpus weight
- quelque
quelque
99,771 corpus weight
- tant
tant
99,770 corpus weight
- avais
avais
99,769 corpus weight
- groupe
groupe
99,768 corpus weight
- maintenant
maintenant
99,767 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tant” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \tɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #231 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tant” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around tant (IPA \tɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #231 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tant, with forms such as "atnt", "tannt", and "tantt". 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, "TN", "ton", "tas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tant, spelled T-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Tellement ; en grande quantité ; en nombre ; à un tel point.
- 2Se dit pour les personnes, ou les choses, que ne distingue rien de particulier, se dit avec une nuance de dénigrement.
- 3Une telle quantité de, une telle proportion de, un tel degré de.
- 4Il a une fonction de corrélatif.
- 5À tel point.
- 6Autant.
- 7Quantité indénombrable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
N'eût été le mouvement des paupières offusquées par la lueur qui les frappait, on eût dit le visage d'un cadavre, tant la peau était parcheminée, tant elle se collait aux os, tant les yeux disparaissaient dans le creux des orbites...
[…], depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les nations d'Europe occidentale ont laissé dépérir leur industrie charbonnière, tant il était facile de se procurer, en abondance et à bas prix, le pétrole du Proche et du Moyen-Orient.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atnt
- tannt
- tantt
- tatn
- tnat
- ttant
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tant", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "tant". Here's where to go from here.
- "tant" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "TN". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #231 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.