Granma
"granma" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Granma” is uncommon English (frequency #85,302 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,302
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A province of Cuba, originally part of Oriente province.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Granma |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,302 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Granma” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Granma is uncommon English at frequency #85,302 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A province of Cuba, originally part of Oriente province.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Granma, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Granma. The correct English form is Granma, spelled G-R-A-N-M-A.
Definition
- 1A province of Cuba, originally part of Oriente province.
Etymology
From Spanish Granma.
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 “Granma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-A-N-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.