# gantry

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡæntɹi/ · frequency rank #45,386

## Definitions
1. A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
2. A supporting framework for a barrel.
3. A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
4. A faregate or turnstile controlling the entry and exit of people at a location.
5. A cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D imaging.

## Etymology
From earlier gauntree, possibly from dialectal gaun (“gallon”) + tree, perhaps as a reinterpretation of Middle English *gaunter, from Old Northern French gantier, from Late Latin cantarium, from Latin canterius (“trellis, sort of frame”).

## Easily confused with
- **Gary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gantry-vs-gary)
- **gently** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gantry-vs-gently)
- **gentry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gantry-vs-gentry)
- **granary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gantry-vs-granary)
- **Gant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gant-vs-gantry)

## Common misspellings (10)
`agntry`, `ganntry`, `ganrty`, `gantrry`, `gantryy`, `ganttry`, `gantyr`, `gatnry`, `ggantry`, `gnatry`

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