# grapefruit

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡɹeɪpfɹuːt/ · frequency rank #23,283

## Definitions
1. The tree of the species Citrus paradisi, a hybrid of Citrus maxima and sweet orange.
2. The large spherical tart fruit produced by this tree.
3. Large breasts; by extension, a woman with large breasts.

## Etymology
Widely assumed to be a marketing term from grape + fruit, an allusion to the supposed grapelike clusters of fruit on the tree, early 19th c. Ciardi proposes another theory: one of the pomelo's botanical names is Citrus grandis, meaning "great citrus [fruit]", due to the size of its fruit. A new pomelo variety might first have been called a "greatfruit" (see greatfruit), and through the process of assimilation, the word came to be pronounced "grapefruit".

## Common misspellings (15)
`garpefruit`, `ggrapefruit`, `graepfruit`, `grapeffruit`, `grapefriut`, `grapefrruit`, `grapefruitt`, `grapefruti`, `grapefurit`, `graperfuit`, `grapferuit`, `grappefruit`, `grpaefruit`, `grrapefruit`, `rgapefruit`

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