# grey vs grief

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### grief
*noun · IPA /ɡɹiːf/ · frequency rank #6,251*
Suffering, hardship.

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