grenadier
/ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/
"grenadier" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grenadier” is an uncommon English word, ranked #50,543 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,543
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A type of soldier, originally one who threw grenades, later a member of a company formed from the tallest men of the regiment; now specifically, a member of the Grenadier Guards of Canada and the U...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grenadier |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grenadier” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for grenadier is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/. Corpus data places it at rank #50,543 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grenadier, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade + -ier. The correct English form is grenadier, spelled G-R-E-N-A-D-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1A type of soldier, originally one who threw grenades, later a member of a company formed from the tallest men of the regiment; now specifically, a member of the Grenadier Guards of Canada and the United Kingdom.
- 2Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
- 3Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.
- 4Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.
Etymology
From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade + -ier.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “grenadier”
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- The one correct English spelling is G-R-E-N-A-D-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.