# grate

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡɹeɪt/ · frequency rank #23,284

## Definitions
1. A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
2. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
3. A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.

## Etymology
From Middle English grate, from a Medieval Latin crāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; or Italian grata, from Latin cratis.

## Easily confused with
- **GRE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-gre)
- **grt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-grt)
- **gray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-gray)
- **grit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-grit)
- **great** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-great)
- **grave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-grave)
- **grove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-grove)
- **gravy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-gravy)
- **Greta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-greta)
- **grime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-grime)
- **graze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-graze)
- **grits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-grits)
- **grays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-grays)
- **gripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-gripe)
- **grope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-grope)
- **graves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-graves)
- **grease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-grease)
- **gravel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-gravel)
- **greats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-greats)
- **grated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-grated)

## Common misspellings (6)
`garte`, `ggrate`, `gratte`, `grrate`, `grtae`, `rgate`

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