grayling
noun
grayling is spelled G-R-A-Y-L-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grayling means “Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grayling is graylings.
How many letters and syllables are in grayling?
| Letters | 8: G-R-A-Y-L-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,767th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 grayling?
Grayling appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,767th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce grayling?
Grayling has 2 syllables (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-grayling.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with grayling?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as grayling.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ragingly.
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 grayling
- graylings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grayling mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin.
- 2
Thymallus arcticus (Arctic grayling)
- 3
Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)
- 4
Prototroctes maraena (Australian grayling)
- 5
Prototroctes oxyrhynchus (New Zealand grayling)
- 6
Any member of the species Hipparchia semele, of the family Nymphalidae of butterflies.
- 7
Other butterflies of genus Hipparchia.
- 8
Some butterflies of the genus Oeneis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Grayling in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ombre , agreste |
| German | Äsche, Europäische Äsche , Ockerbindiger Samtfalter |
| Portuguese | timalo |
| Spanish | tímalo |
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 grayling come from?
From Middle English greylyng, equivalent to gray + -ling.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).