# pantry

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpæntɹi/ · frequency rank #21,608

## Definitions
1. A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.
2. A break room.

## Etymology
From Middle English panetrie, from Old French paneterie, related to Latin panis (“bread”).

## Easily confused with
- **party** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pantry-vs-party)
- **pants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pantry-vs-pants)
- **Patty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pantry-vs-patty)
- **parry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pantry-vs-parry)
- **Patsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pantry-vs-patsy)
- **panty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pantry-vs-panty)
- **pasty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pantry-vs-pasty)
- **poetry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pantry-vs-poetry)
- **partly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pantry-vs-partly)
- **pastry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pantry-vs-pastry)
- **pant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pant-vs-pantry)
- **pansy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pansy-vs-pantry)
- **paltry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paltry-vs-pantry)

## Common misspellings (10)
`apntry`, `panntry`, `panrty`, `pantrry`, `pantryy`, `panttry`, `pantyr`, `patnry`, `pnatry`, `ppantry`

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