# Greece

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɡɹiːs/ · frequency rank #4,453

## Definitions
1. A country in Southeast Europe. Official name: Hellenic Republic. Capital and largest city: Athens.

## Etymology
From Middle English Grece, from Old French Grece, from Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). Replaced Old English Grēcland, also from the same Latin source.

## Easily confused with
- **green** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greece-vs-green)
- **Greek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greece-vs-greek)
- **greed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greece-vs-greed)
- **greet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greece-vs-greet)
- **greens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greece-vs-greens)
- **Greene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greece-vs-greene)
- **greedy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greece-vs-greedy)
- **Greeks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greece-vs-greeks)
- **grieve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greece-vs-grieve)
- **greets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greece-vs-greets)
- **greeted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greece-vs-greeted)
- **greener** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greece-vs-greener)
- **Greeley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greece-vs-greeley)
- **grace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grace-vs-greece)
- **geese** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geese-vs-greece)
- **grease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grease-vs-greece)
- **Graeme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/graeme-vs-greece)

## Common misspellings (8)
`gerece`, `ggreece`, `grece`, `grecee`, `greecce`, `greeec`, `grreece`, `rgeece`

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