greys
[ɡɹeɪz]
The verdict
“greys” is uncommon German (frequency #89,021 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,021
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs grey
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | greys |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡɹeɪz] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “greys” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
greys is uncommon German at frequency #89,021 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡɹeɪz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs grey".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for greys, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is greys, spelled G-R-E-Y-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs grey
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “greys”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-E-Y-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.