# grenade

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡɹəˈneɪd/ · frequency rank #12,058

## Definitions
1. A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
2. A 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. An unattractive girl.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), ultimately from Medieval Latin pomum (“apple”) + granatum (“having grains”). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada. Doublet of garnet.

## Easily confused with
- **grade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grade-vs-grenade)
- **grande** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grande-vs-grenade)
- **grease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grease-vs-grenade)
- **Granada** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/granada-vs-grenade)
- **Grenada** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grenada-vs-grenade)

## Common misspellings (10)
`gernade`, `ggrenade`, `greande`, `grenadde`, `grenaed`, `grendae`, `grennade`, `grneade`, `grrenade`, `rgenade`

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