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grace

/ɡɹeɪs/noun, verb

grace is spelled G-R-A-C-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 36 times per million words in written English, the 2,669th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Grace, the name). As a noun, grace means “Charming, pleasing qualities” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grace is graces.

How many letters and syllables are in grace?

Letters5: G-R-A-C-E
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing36 times per million words; the 2,669th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is grace?

Grace appears 36 times per million words in written English, the 2,669th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Grace, the name.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce grace?

  • US /ɡɹeɪs/

Grace has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-grace.oga, En-us-grace.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with grace?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as grace from its last stressed vowel (/eɪs/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: cager.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of grace

  • graces plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • gracing participle, present
  • graced participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does grace mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Charming, pleasing qualities.

    The Princess brought grace to an otherwise dull and boring party.

  2. 2

    A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.

    It has become less common to say grace before having dinner.

  3. 3

    In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules.

  4. 4

    A grace note.

  5. 5

    Elegant movement; elegance of movement; balance or poise.

    The dancer moved with grace and strength.

  6. 6

    An allowance of time granted to a debtor during which they are free of at least part of their normal obligations towards the creditor.

    The repayment of the loan starts after a three-year grace.

  7. 7

    Favor, sanction or beneficence.

    The minister has extended his grace to our effort.

  8. 8

    Free and undeserved favour from God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin.

    Near-synonyms: Divine Providence, Providence

verb

  1. 1

    To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.

    He graced the room with his presence.

  2. 2

    To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.

  3. 3

    To supply with heavenly grace.

  4. 4

    To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Grace in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchbénédicité, grâces (short prayer of thanks before or after a meal), grâce (elegant movement, poise or balance), miséricorde (free and undeserved favour, especially of God)
GermanTischgebet (short prayer of thanks before or after a meal), Anmut, Grazie (elegant movement, poise or balance), Aufschub, Fristverlängerung, Zahlungsfrist (allowance of time granted to a debtor – see…)
Portuguesegraças (short prayer of thanks before or after a meal), graça (elegant movement, poise or balance), carência (allowance of time granted to a debtor – see…), engraçar (to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify)
Spanishgracias, benedícite (short prayer of thanks before or after a meal), gracia, donaire (elegant movement, poise or balance), merced (free and undeserved favour, especially of God), agraciar (to adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does grace come from?

From Middle English grace, from Old French grace (modern French grâce), from Latin grātia (“kindness, favour, esteem”), from grātus (“pleasing”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (“to praise, welcome”); compare grateful.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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