gunny
/ˈɡʌni/
"gunny" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gunny” is uncommon English (frequency #66,701 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,701
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gunny · gunny · English
gunny · rank #66,701 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,701
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gummi
Nearest frequency peer: gummi (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “gunny”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- grouch
grouch
33,305 corpus weight
- guanine
guanine
33,303 corpus weight
- guff
guff
33,302 corpus weight
- gummi
gummi
33,301 corpus weight
- gunny
gunny
33,300 corpus weight
- hadnt
hadnt
33,297 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gunny” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gunny |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡʌni/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,701 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gunny” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gunny is uncommon English at frequency #66,701 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡʌni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
gunny doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hindi and Marathi गनी (ganī) or गोन (gon), from Sanskrit गोणी (goṇī), ultimately of Dravidian origin. Doublet of gunia. The correct English form is gunny, spelled G-U-N-N-Y.
Definition
- 1A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp.
- 2Clipping of gunny sack
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gunny appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Traffic is brisk, and goods consists of rice, gunny (hessian), maize and native implements.
Provisions were ferried by camel in stout sacks of gunny with blocks of ice packed round them; a herculean task.
Etymology
From Hindi and Marathi गनी (ganī) or गोन (gon), from Sanskrit गोणी (goṇī), ultimately of Dravidian origin. Doublet of gunia.
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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