# Gras

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #18,838

## Definitions
1. A surname from French.

## Etymology
Several etymologies:
* Borrowed from French Gras, a nickname for a stout person, from gras (“fat”)
* Borrowed from Catalan Gras, from gras (“fat, stout”)
* Borrowed from German Gras, variant of the surname Grass

## Easily confused with
- **GS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-gs)
- **Gus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-gus)
- **GTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-gta)
- **GRE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-gre)
- **GSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-gsa)
- **GTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-gts)
- **GRU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-gru)
- **gro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-gro)
- **grr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-grr)
- **grt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-grt)
- **guys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-guys)
- **grow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-grow)
- **grew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-grew)
- **guns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-guns)
- **grey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-grey)
- **gray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-gray)
- **Greg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-greg)
- **grid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-grid)
- **grip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-grip)
- **guts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-guts)

## Common misspellings (5)
`gars`, `ggras`, `grras`, `grsa`, `rgas`

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