gries

/[ɡʁiːs]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,460

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gries is anGermanadj. It means: grau, grauhaarig oder trübe beim Wetter Pronounced [ɡʁiːs]. Often confused with Gros and grip.

Key facts for gries
PropertyValue
Headwordgries
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ɡʁiːs]
Letters5
Frequency rank#47,460
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gries in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gries is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡʁiːs]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,460 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "grau, grauhaarig oder trübe beim Wetter".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for gries, with forms such as "ggries", "gires", and "griess". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gros", "grip", "gutes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is gries, spelled G-R-I-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    grau, grauhaarig oder trübe beim Wetter

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggries,gires,griess,grise,grries,rgies

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gries

Misspelling Variants of "gries"

ggries6gires5griess6grise5grries6rgies5
Misspelling Variants of "gries"

Frequency rank: #47,460 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gries"?
"gries" is spelled G-R-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡʁiːs].
What does "gries" mean?
As an adj, "gries" means: grau, grauhaarig oder trübe beim Wetter
What words are commonly confused with "gries"?
"gries" is commonly confused with "Gros", "grip", "gutes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gries"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gries" is [ɡʁiːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gries" come from?
"gries" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.