grenadier
/ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/noun
grenadier is spelled G-R-E-N-A-D-I-E-R: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grenadier means “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…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grenadier is grenadiers.
How many letters and syllables are in grenadier?
| Letters | 9: G-R-E-N-A-D-I-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 grenadier?
Grenadier appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th 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 grenadier?
- UK /ɡɹɛnəˈdɪə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-grenadier.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with grenadier?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as grenadier from its last stressed vowel (/ɪə/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rereading.
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 grenadier
- grenadiers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grenadier mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
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 United Kingdom.
- 2
Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
- 3
Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.
- 4
Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Grenadier in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense soldier:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | grenadier |
| German | Granatier, Granatierer, Grenadier |
| Portuguese | granadeiro |
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 grenadier come from?
From French grenadier, corresponding to grenade + -ier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).