Granada
/ɡɹəˈnɑː.də/
"granada" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Granada” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #21,811 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #21,811
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A city in Andalusia, Spain.
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 | Granada |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɡɹəˈnɑː.də/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Granada” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Granada is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡɹəˈnɑː.də/. Corpus data places it at rank #21,811 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Granada, with forms such as "garnada", "ggranada", and "graanda". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "grand", "grande", "grandma", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Granada, from Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (ḡarnāṭa), originally the name of a medieval suburb that was incorporated into the city. Doublet of Grenada. The correct English form is Granada, spelled G-R-A-N-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1A city in Andalusia, Spain.
- 2A province of Andalusia, Spain.
- 3A city in Nicaragua.
- 4A department of Nicaragua.
- 5A place in the United States:
- 6A place in the United States:
- 7A place in the United States:
Etymology
From Spanish Granada, from Arabic غَرْنَاطَة (ḡarnāṭa), originally the name of a medieval suburb that was incorporated into the city. Doublet of Grenada.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: garnada,ggranada,graanda,granaad,granadda,grandaa,grannada,grnaada,grranada,rganada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Granada - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Granada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-A-N-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡɹəˈnɑː.də/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “grand” - see the side-by-side comparison. Granada vs grand
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.