diff --git a/.changeset/search-rank-and-file.md b/.changeset/search-rank-and-file.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfad6a63ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/search-rank-and-file.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-search-common': patch
+---
+
+Added an optional `rank` attribute to the `Result` type. This represents the result rank (starting at 1) for a given result in a result set for a given search.
diff --git a/plugins/search-common/api-report.md b/plugins/search-common/api-report.md
index bb049742f7..ea9fc2d26e 100644
--- a/plugins/search-common/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/search-common/api-report.md
@@ -52,11 +52,9 @@ export type QueryTranslator = (query: SearchQuery) => unknown;
 
 // @public (undocumented)
 export interface Result<TDocument extends SearchDocument> {
-  // (undocumented)
   document: TDocument;
-  // (undocumented)
   highlight?: ResultHighlight;
-  // (undocumented)
+  rank?: number;
   type: string;
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/search-common/src/types.ts b/plugins/search-common/src/types.ts
index fdcc06287c..4b4c25d423 100644
--- a/plugins/search-common/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-common/src/types.ts
@@ -56,9 +56,27 @@ export interface ResultHighlight {
  * @public
  */
 export interface Result<TDocument extends SearchDocument> {
+  /**
+   * The "type" of the given document. See: {@link DocumentCollatorFactory."type"}
+   */
   type: string;
+
+  /**
+   * The raw value of the document, as indexed.
+   */
   document: TDocument;
+
+  /**
+   * Optional result highlight. Useful for improving the search result
+   * display/experience.
+   */
   highlight?: ResultHighlight;
+
+  /**
+   * Optional result rank, where 1 is the first/top result returned. Useful for
+   * understanding search effectiveness in analytics.
+   */
+  rank?: number;
 }
 
 /**