# greenwood

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡɹiːnwʊd/ · frequency rank #17,150

## Definitions
1. A forest in full leaf, as in summer.
2. Wood that is green; in other words, not seasoned.
3. Certain half-shrubby species of genista.

## Etymology
From Middle English grene wode (“a forest that is leafed out, a greenwood" also "unseasoned firewood”), equivalent to green + wood.

## Easily confused with
- **Glenwood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glenwood-vs-greenwood)
- **Greenwald** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greenwald-vs-greenwood)

## Common misspellings (13)
`gerenwood`, `ggreenwood`, `greennwood`, `greenowod`, `greenwod`, `greenwodo`, `greenwoodd`, `greenwwood`, `greewnood`, `grenewood`, `grenwood`, `grreenwood`, `rgeenwood`

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