greaser
"greaser" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“greaser” is uncommon English (frequency #82,352 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,352
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Someone or something that greases (applies grease).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | greaser |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,352 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “greaser” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
greaser is uncommon English at frequency #82,352 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
greaser has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From grease + -er. Applied to mechanics because they frequently become greasy during the course of their work. Applied to toughs because they frequently greased their hair, and, like greaseball, to Italians for the same reason. Applied to Mexicans because, … The correct English form is greaser, spelled G-R-E-A-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Someone or something that greases (applies grease).
- 2A mechanic.
- 3A biker, a tough.
- 4A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.
- 5A very soft landing.
- 6A Latin American, especially a Mexican.
- 7An Italian.
- 8A Greek.
Etymology
From grease + -er. Applied to mechanics because they frequently become greasy during the course of their work. Applied to toughs because they frequently greased their hair, and, like greaseball, to Italians for the same reason. Applied to Mexicans because, at the time the phrase originated, they commonly worked greasing the axles of carts.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “greaser”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-E-A-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.