# grease

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡɹis/ · frequency rank #10,855

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

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

## Easily confused with
- **great** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grease-vs-great)
- **greys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grease-vs-greys)
- **Greece** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grease-vs-greece)
- **Greene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grease-vs-greene)
- **greasy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grease-vs-greasy)
- **greats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grease-vs-greats)
- **grouse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grease-vs-grouse)
- **grosse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grease-vs-grosse)
- **greater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grease-vs-greater)
- **grenade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grease-vs-grenade)
- **greaves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grease-vs-greaves)
- **Gras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-grease)
- **grade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grade-vs-grease)
- **grace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grace-vs-grease)
- **grass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grass-vs-grease)
- **grave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grave-vs-grease)
- **grasp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grasp-vs-grease)
- **grape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grape-vs-grease)
- **geese** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geese-vs-grease)
- **grate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grate-vs-grease)

## Common misspellings (8)
`gerase`, `ggrease`, `graese`, `greaes`, `greasse`, `gresae`, `grrease`, `rgease`

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