tant

\tɑ̃\

/\tɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“tant” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,154 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,154
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tanto

Corpus desk

Index PT-tant · tant · Portuguese

tant · rank #75,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,154
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tanino

Nearest frequency peer: tanino (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “tant”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “tant” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tant
PropertyValue
Headwordtant
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\tɑ̃\
Letters4
Frequency rank#75,154
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “tant” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).tantcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “tanino” (#75,153), “tantinho” (#75,155), “termómetro” (#75,162). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tant” fica em #75,154. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tant is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,154 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tanto".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tant, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is tant, spelled T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    tanto

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tant"?
"tant" is spelled T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \tɑ̃\.
What does "tant" mean?
As an adverb, "tant" means: tanto
How do you pronounce "tant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tant" is \tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

tojo#75,171bind#75,336lene#74,885karo#74,858

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list