grease

/ɡɹis/

//ɡɹis// noun

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"grease" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“grease” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,855. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,855
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal fat in a melted or soft state.

Corpus desk

Index EN-grease · grease · English

grease · rank #10,855 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,855
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH Greeks

Nearest frequency peer: Greeks (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “grease”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “grease” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grease vs great
67% similar
grease vs greys
67% similar
grease vs Greece
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grease
PropertyValue
Headwordgrease
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɡɹis/
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,855
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “grease”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).greaselands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Greeks” (#10,856), “gi” (#10,853), “guessed” (#10,857). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “grease” is #10,855. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around grease (IPA /ɡɹis/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,855 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for grease, with forms such as "gerase", "ggrease", and "graese". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "great", "greys", "Greece", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”). Doublet of crass. The correct English form is grease, spelled G-R-E-A-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
  2. 2
    Any oily or fatty matter.
  3. 3
    Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
  4. 4
    Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
  5. 5
    Money.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how grease appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Some of the people I talked to said it could be done—but it would cost big money. More grease than I’d ever dreamed of.

Etymology

From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”). Doublet of crass.

Synonyms

fatlard

This word in other languages

grasa(Español)graisse(Français)Fett(Deutsch)gordura(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • gerase
  • ggrease
  • graese
  • greaes
  • greasse
  • gresae
  • grrease
  • rgease

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grease - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

gerase2ggrease1graese2greaes2greasse1gresae2grrease1rgease2
Edit distance from "grease"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grease"?
"grease" is spelled G-R-E-A-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡɹis/.
What does "grease" mean?
As a noun, "grease" means: Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
What words are commonly confused with "grease"?
"grease" is commonly confused with "great", "greys", "Greece". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grease"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grease" is /ɡɹis/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "grease"?
From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”). Doublet of crass. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grease", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Greeks#10,856Harley#10,860forged#10,849flawed#10,848

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

guessed8 variantsIndies8 variantsdeluxe8 variantsClyde8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list