# treasury

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹɛʒ.ə.ɹi/ · frequency rank #4,808

## Definitions
1. A place where treasure is stored safely.
2. A place where state or royal money and valuables are stored.
3. Ellipsis of treasury department.
4. Ellipsis of treasury bond.
5. A collection of artistic or literary works.
6. A treasure.

## Etymology
From Middle English tresorie, from Old French tresorie, from tresor (“treasure”), from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “treasure house”). Displaced native Old English māþmhūs.

## Easily confused with
- **treasure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/treasure-vs-treasury)
- **treasurer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/treasurer-vs-treasury)
- **treasures** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/treasures-vs-treasury)
- **treasured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/treasured-vs-treasury)

## Common misspellings (12)
`rteasury`, `terasury`, `traesury`, `treasruy`, `treassury`, `treasurry`, `treasuryy`, `treasuyr`, `treausry`, `tresaury`, `trreasury`, `ttreasury`

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