# grew vs grey

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### grew
*verb · IPA /ɡɹuː/ · frequency rank #2,072*
simple past of grow

### 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.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-grey