# rectory

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɛktəɹi/ · frequency rank #33,814

## Definitions
1. Any of certain residences for clergy members.
2. Any of certain residences for clergy members.

## Etymology
From Middle French rectorie, from Medieval Latin rectoria. See rector.

## Easily confused with
- **retry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rectory-vs-retry)
- **retort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rectory-vs-retort)
- **restore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rectory-vs-restore)
- **record** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/record-vs-rectory)
- **rector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rector-vs-rectory)
- **reactor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reactor-vs-rectory)
- **rectify** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rectify-vs-rectory)

## Common misspellings (11)
`erctory`, `rcetory`, `recctory`, `recotry`, `rectorry`, `rectoryy`, `rectoyr`, `rectroy`, `recttory`, `retcory`, `rrectory`

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