# gries vs grip

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### gries
*adjective · IPA [ɡʁiːs] · frequency rank #47,460*
grau, grauhaarig oder trübe beim Wetter

### grip
*noun · IPA [ɡɾip] · frequency rank #43,229*
Influenza, Grippe

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/gries-vs-grip