# greasy

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɡɹi.si/ · frequency rank #16,036

## Definitions
1. Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease.
2. Containing a lot of grease or fat.
3. Shady, sketchy, dodgy, detestable, unethical.
4. Fat, bulky.
5. Gross; indelicate; indecent.
6. Afflicted with the disease called grease.

## Etymology
From Middle English gresi, gressy, equivalent to grease + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **grey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greasy-vs-grey)
- **great** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greasy-vs-great)
- **greys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greasy-vs-greys)
- **greedy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greasy-vs-greedy)
- **greats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greasy-vs-greats)
- **greatly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greasy-vs-greatly)
- **gray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gray-vs-greasy)
- **Gras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-greasy)
- **grass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grass-vs-greasy)
- **grasp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grasp-vs-greasy)
- **gravy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gravy-vs-greasy)
- **Grady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grady-vs-greasy)
- **Geary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geary-vs-greasy)
- **grease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grease-vs-greasy)
- **grassy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grassy-vs-greasy)

## Common misspellings (9)
`gerasy`, `ggreasy`, `graesy`, `greassy`, `greasyy`, `greays`, `gresay`, `grreasy`, `rgeasy`

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