# grant

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɡɹɑːnt/ · frequency rank #2,157

## Definitions
1. To give (permission or wish).
2. To give (bestow upon or confer, particularly in answer to prayer or request).
3. To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.
4. To assent; to consent.

## Etymology
From Middle English granten, graunten, grantien, grauntien, from Anglo-Norman granter, graunter, from Old French granter, graunter, graanter, greanter (“to promise, assure, guarantee, confirm, ratify”), from a merger of Old French garantir, guarantir (“to guarantee, assure, vouch for”) (see English guarantee) and earlier cranter, craanter, creanter (“to allow, permit”), from an assumed Medieval Latin *credentāre, from Latin credere (“to believe, trust”). Alternatively, a regular reflex of Medieval Latin *credentāre with regular voicing of /k/ before a liquid plus low vowel. More at guarantee, credit.

## Easily confused with
- **grt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-grt)
- **gray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-gray)
- **grin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-grin)
- **grit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-grit)
- **Gras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-gras)
- **guan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-guan)
- **great** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-great)
- **grass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-grass)
- **grave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-grave)
- **graph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-graph)
- **grasp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-grasp)
- **grind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-grind)
- **greet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-greet)
- **grape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-grape)
- **gravy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-gravy)
- **grate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-grate)
- **grunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-grunt)
- **groan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-groan)
- **graze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-graze)
- **Groot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grant-vs-groot)

## Common misspellings (8)
`garnt`, `ggrant`, `grannt`, `grantt`, `gratn`, `grnat`, `grrant`, `rgant`

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