# greens

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡɹiːnz/ · frequency rank #8,797

## Definitions
1. Leaves and leaf-like parts of edible plants when eaten as vegetables or in salads.
2. Green vegetables; edible plants or plant parts that contain chlorophyll.
3. Leafy plants that are used for decoration.
4. The green dress uniform of the United States Marine Corps.

## Etymology
From Middle English grenes, equivalent to green + -s. Compare Saterland Frisian Gräinieten (“vegetable”), West Frisian grienten (“vegetables, greens”), Dutch groenten (“vegetables, greens”), German Low German Gröönten (“vegetables, greens”), Danish grøntsager (“vegetables”), Swedish grönsaker (“vegetables”).

## Easily confused with
- **greet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greens-vs-greet)
- **greys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greens-vs-greys)
- **grins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greens-vs-grins)
- **greets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greens-vs-greets)
- **groans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greens-vs-groans)
- **gens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gens-vs-greens)
- **green** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/green-vs-greens)
- **Greek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greek-vs-greens)
- **greed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greed-vs-greens)
- **geeks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/geeks-vs-greens)
- **glens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glens-vs-greens)
- **Greece** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greece-vs-greens)
- **Greene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greene-vs-greens)
- **greedy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greedy-vs-greens)
- **Greeks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greeks-vs-greens)
- **grains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grains-vs-greens)
- **greats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greats-vs-greens)
- **givens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/givens-vs-greens)
- **gardens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gardens-vs-greens)
- **greener** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greener-vs-greens)

## Common misspellings (9)
`gerens`, `ggreens`, `greenns`, `greenss`, `greesn`, `grenes`, `grens`, `grreens`, `rgeens`

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