# grayling

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #44,819

## Definitions
1. Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin.
2. Other similar fish
3. Other similar fish
4. Other similar fish
5. Other similar fish
6. Any of species Hipparchia semele, of the family Nymphalidae of butterflies.
7. Other butterflies of genus Hipparchia.
8. Some butterflies of the genus Oeneis.
9. A common wood-nymph, a nymphalid butterfly (Cercyonis pegala).

## Etymology
From Middle English greylyng, equivalent to gray + -ling.

## Easily confused with
- **grazing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grayling-vs-grazing)
- **grilling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grayling-vs-grilling)
- **growling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grayling-vs-growling)
- **grueling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grayling-vs-grueling)
- **grading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grading-vs-grayling)
- **grating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grating-vs-grayling)
- **grabbing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grabbing-vs-grayling)
- **granting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/granting-vs-grayling)
- **grasping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grasping-vs-grayling)
- **grafting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grafting-vs-grayling)
- **grappling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grappling-vs-grayling)

## Common misspellings (13)
`garyling`, `ggrayling`, `gralying`, `grayilng`, `graylign`, `graylingg`, `graylinng`, `graylling`, `graylnig`, `grayyling`, `grrayling`, `gryaling`, `rgayling`

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