# Greene

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɡɹiːn/ · frequency rank #10,220

## Definitions
1. A surname from Middle English, a variant of Green.
2. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Greene Township.

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

## Common misspellings (7)
`gerene`, `ggreene`, `greeen`, `greenne`, `grenee`, `grreene`, `rgeene`

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