# factory

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfæk.tə.ɹi/ · frequency rank #2,735

## Definitions
1. A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
2. A police station.
3. A device or process that produces or manufactures something.
4. A factory farm.
5. In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
6. The original state of an electronic device, as it was when it came from the manufacturer.
7. The position or state of being a factor.
8. A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.

## Etymology
From factor + y.
Compare Middle French factorie; Spanish factoría, Portuguese feitoria, Dutch factorij.

## Easily confused with
- **factor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/factor-vs-factory)
- **factors** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/factors-vs-factory)
- **factored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/factored-vs-factory)

## Common misspellings (11)
`afctory`, `facctory`, `facotry`, `factorry`, `factoryy`, `factoyr`, `factroy`, `facttory`, `fatcory`, `fcatory`, `ffactory`

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