grenade
/ɡɹəˈneɪd/noun, verb
grenade is spelled G-R-E-N-A-D-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grenade means “A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grenade is grenades.
How many letters and syllables are in grenade?
| Letters | 7: G-R-E-N-A-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.5 times per million words; the 12,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is grenade?
Grenade appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce grenade?
- /ɡɹəˈneɪd/
Grenade has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-grenade.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with grenade?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as grenade.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: enraged, grandee, agender, derange.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of grenade
- grenades plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- grenading participle, present
- grenaded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grenade mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
- 2
obsoleteA pomegranate.
- 3
A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.
- 4
slangAn unattractive girl.
verb
- 1
To use grenade(s) upon.
- 2
slangOf an engine: to be violently wrecked so that the internal components burst out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Grenade in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | grenade , grenader |
| German | Granate , but see Granaten verwenden |
| Portuguese | granada |
| Spanish | granada |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does grenade come from?
Borrowed from French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), ultimately from Medieval Latin pōmum (“apple”) + grānātum (“having grains”). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada. Doublet of garnet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).