grants

/ɡɹænts/

//ɡɹænts// verb

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"grants" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“grants” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,598
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of grant

Corpus desk

Index EN-grants · grants · English

grants · rank #5,598 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,598
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH finest

Nearest frequency peer: finest (-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 “grants”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “grants” 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).

grants vs Gras
50% similar
grants vs grass
67% similar
grants vs grate
67% similar

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

Key facts for grants
PropertyValue
Headwordgrants
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɡɹænts/
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,598
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “grants”

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).grantslands 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 “finest” (#5,597), “harbor” (#5,599), “farmer” (#5,596). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “grants” is #5,598. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around grants (IPA /ɡɹænts/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,598 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of grant".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for grants, with forms such as "garnts", "ggrants", and "grannts". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gras", "grass", "grate", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is grants, spelled G-R-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of grant

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garnts
  • ggrants
  • grannts
  • granst
  • grantss
  • grantts
  • gratns
  • grnats
  • grrants
  • rgants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grants - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

garnts2ggrants1grannts1granst2grantss1grantts1gratns2grnats2
Edit distance from "grants"

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 "grants"?
"grants" is spelled G-R-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡɹænts/.
What does "grants" mean?
As a verb, "grants" means: third-person singular simple present indicative of grant
What words are commonly confused with "grants"?
"grants" is commonly confused with "Gras", "grass", "grate". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grants" is /ɡɹænts/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grants" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

finest#5,597harbor#5,599farmer#5,596Harvey#5,600

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

lesbian10 variantsblacks10 variantsquietly10 variantsBelgium10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list