# Grenville

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɡɹɛn.vɪl/ · frequency rank #41,158

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A civil parish of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. .
3. A locality in the Shire of Moorabool, central western Victoria, Australia.

## Etymology
The civil parish is named after British prime minister George Grenville (1712 - 1770). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

## Easily confused with
- **Granville** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/granville-vs-grenville)
- **Greenville** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greenville-vs-grenville)

## Common misspellings (12)
`gernville`, `ggrenville`, `grenivlle`, `grennville`, `grenvile`, `grenvilel`, `grenvlile`, `grenvville`, `grevnille`, `grneville`, `grrenville`, `rgenville`

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