# plenty

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈplɛnti/ · frequency rank #1,959

## Definitions
1. A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude.

## Etymology
From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives complete, deplete, replete.

## Easily confused with
- **Pliny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plenty-vs-pliny)
- **pretty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plenty-vs-pretty)
- **pointy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plenty-vs-pointy)
- **plenum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plenty-vs-plenum)
- **plinth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plenty-vs-plinth)
- **plant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plant-vs-plenty)
- **penny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penny-vs-plenty)
- **petty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/petty-vs-plenty)
- **piety** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piety-vs-plenty)
- **panty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panty-vs-plenty)
- **plants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plants-vs-plenty)
- **plenary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plenary-vs-plenty)

## Common misspellings (10)
`lpenty`, `pelnty`, `plennty`, `plentty`, `plentyy`, `plenyt`, `pletny`, `pllenty`, `plnety`, `pplenty`

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