# Greg vs grey

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Greg
*name · IPA /ɡɹɛɡ/ · frequency rank #4,859*
A diminutive of the male given names Gregory or Gregor, from English or Scottish (sometimes derived from the surname Greig).

### grey
*adjective · IPA /ɡɹeɪ/ · frequency rank #3,105*
Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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