# gentry

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛntɹi/ · frequency rank #22,683

## Definitions
1. Birth; condition; rank by birth.
2. Courtesy; civility; complaisance.
3. People of education and good breeding.
4. In a restricted sense, those people between the nobility and the yeomanry.

## Etymology
From Old French genterie (“noble people collectively; nobility of character or manners”), from gent (“well-born”) + -erie.

## Easily confused with
- **Gerry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gentry-vs-gerry)
- **gents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gentry-vs-gents)
- **gent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gent-vs-gentry)
- **genre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/genre-vs-gentry)
- **Geary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geary-vs-gentry)
- **gentle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gentle-vs-gentry)
- **gently** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gently-vs-gentry)
- **genera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/genera-vs-gentry)
- **gantry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gantry-vs-gentry)

## Common misspellings (10)
`egntry`, `genntry`, `genrty`, `gentrry`, `gentryy`, `genttry`, `gentyr`, `getnry`, `ggentry`, `gnetry`

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