granary

/ˈɡɹan(ə)ɹi/

//ˈɡɹan(ə)ɹi// noun

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"granary" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“granary” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,778. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,778
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.

Corpus desk

Index EN-granary · granary · English

granary · rank #48,778 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,778
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gooding

Nearest frequency peer: Gooding (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “granary”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “granary” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

granary vs granny
71% similar
granary vs gantry
71% similar
granary vs Granada
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for granary
PropertyValue
Headwordgranary
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɡɹan(ə)ɹi/
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,778
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “granary”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).granarylands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Gooding” (#48,777), “gravitas” (#48,780), “glycoprotein” (#48,775). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “granary” is #48,778. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around granary (IPA /ˈɡɹan(ə)ɹi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,778 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for granary, with forms such as "garnary", "ggranary", and "graanry". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "granny", "gantry", "Granada", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin grānārium (16th century). Equivalent to grain + -ary. Doublet of garner. The correct English form is granary, spelled G-R-A-N-A-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.
  2. 2
    A fertile, grain-growing region.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how granary appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spir…
  2. [I]solate the body of the building from the ground […] embodied in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century granaries, built on staddle stones, which still survive in many English farmyards.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grānārium (16th century). Equivalent to grain + -ary. Doublet of garner.

This word in other languages

granero(Español)grenier(Français)Getreidespeicher(Deutsch)celeiro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garnary
  • ggranary
  • graanry
  • granarry
  • granaryy
  • granayr
  • grannary
  • granray
  • grnaary
  • grranary
  • rganary

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of granary - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

garnary2ggranary1graanry2granarry1granaryy1granayr2grannary1granray2
Edit distance from "granary"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "granary"?
"granary" is spelled G-R-A-N-A-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɡɹan(ə)ɹi/.
What does "granary" mean?
As a noun, "granary" means: A storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.
What words are commonly confused with "granary"?
"granary" is commonly confused with "granny", "gantry", "Granada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "granary"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "granary" is /ˈɡɹan(ə)ɹi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "granary"?
Borrowed from Latin grānārium (16th century). Equivalent to grain + -ary. Doublet of garner. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gooding#48,777grieves#48,784grooved#48,786gutless#48,789

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list