# ranch

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɑːnt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #6,826

## Definitions
1. A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
2. A small farm that cultivates vegetables or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
3. A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
4. Ranch dressing.

## Etymology
Recorded since 1808, farm sense since 1831. From American Spanish rancho (“small farm, group of farm huts”), in Spanish originally “group of people who eat together." Cognate with English rank.

## Easily confused with
- **RNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-rnc)
- **rich** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-rich)
- **rank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-rank)
- **rand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-rand)
- **rang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-rang)
- **rant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-rant)
- **rash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-rash)
- **rani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-rani)
- **rath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-rath)
- **range** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-range)
- **reach** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-reach)
- **ranks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-ranks)
- **randy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-randy)
- **Reich** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-reich)
- **roach** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-roach)
- **rants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-rants)
- **rancho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-rancho)
- **rancid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-rancid)
- **rancher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-rancher)
- **raunchy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ranch-vs-raunchy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`arnch`, `racnh`, `rancch`, `ranchh`, `ranhc`, `rannch`, `rnach`, `rranch`

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