# realty

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹiəlti/ · frequency rank #18,171

## Definitions
1. Real estate; a piece of real property; land.
2. The property that goes to the heirs of the deceased, as distinguished from the personalty, which goes to the executor or administrator of the estate.
3. Reality.
4. Loyalty; faithfulness; fealty.
5. Royalty.

## Etymology
From Middle French realité (“property, possession”). Doublet of reality.

## Easily confused with
- **rely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realty-vs-rely)
- **reply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realty-vs-reply)
- **relay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realty-vs-relay)
- **replay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realty-vs-replay)
- **Reilly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realty-vs-reilly)
- **rialto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realty-vs-rialto)
- **royalty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realty-vs-royalty)
- **real** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/real-vs-realty)
- **ready** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ready-vs-realty)
- **rally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rally-vs-realty)
- **react** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/react-vs-realty)
- **realm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realm-vs-realty)
- **really** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/really-vs-realty)
- **reacts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reacts-vs-realty)
- **reality** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reality-vs-realty)
- **realtor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realtor-vs-realty)

## Common misspellings (9)
`eralty`, `raelty`, `reallty`, `realtty`, `realtyy`, `realyt`, `reatly`, `relaty`, `rrealty`

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