# grassy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɡɹæsi/ · frequency rank #21,230

## Definitions
1. Covered with grass.
2. Resembling grass.

## Etymology
From Middle English grasy, from Old English *græsiġ, *gærsiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *grasagrōnī, from Proto-Germanic *grasagrōniz, equivalent to grass + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian gäärsich (“grassy”), Dutch grazig (“grassy”), German grasig (“grassy”), Icelandic grösugur (“grassy”).

## Easily confused with
- **gray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grassy-vs-gray)
- **gross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grassy-vs-gross)
- **gravy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grassy-vs-gravy)
- **grays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grassy-vs-grays)
- **greasy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grassy-vs-greasy)
- **grisly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grassy-vs-grisly)
- **grosse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grassy-vs-grosse)
- **grossly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grassy-vs-grossly)
- **Gras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-grassy)
- **glass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glass-vs-grassy)
- **grass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grass-vs-grassy)
- **grasp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grasp-vs-grassy)
- **grams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grams-vs-grassy)
- **grabs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grabs-vs-grassy)
- **Grady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grady-vs-grassy)
- **Grammy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grammy-vs-grassy)
- **granny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/granny-vs-grassy)
- **glossy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glossy-vs-grassy)
- **grainy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grainy-vs-grassy)
- **glassy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glassy-vs-grassy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`garssy`, `ggrassy`, `grassyy`, `grasy`, `grasys`, `grrassy`, `grsasy`, `rgassy`

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