greet
/ɡɹiːt/
"greet" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“greet” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,708. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,708
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-greet · greet · English
greet · rank #10,708 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,708
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH greed
Nearest frequency peer: greed (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “greet”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Grammy
Grammy
89,296 corpus weight
- grapes
grapes
89,295 corpus weight
- greed
greed
89,294 corpus weight
- greet
greet
89,293 corpus weight
- Hank
Hank
89,292 corpus weight
- hose
hose
89,291 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “greet” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | greet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɡɹiːt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,708 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “greet” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around greet (IPA /ɡɹiːt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,708 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for greet, with forms such as "geret", "ggreet", and "greett". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grt", "grew", "grey", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English greten, from Old English grētan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną. The correct English form is greet, spelled G-R-E-E-T.
Definition
- 1To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
- 2To arrive at or reach, or meet.
- 3To accost; to address.
- 4To meet and give salutations.
- 5To be perceived by (someone).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how greet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.
Etymology
From Middle English greten, from Old English grētan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- geret
- ggreet
- greett
- gret
- grete
- grreet
- rgeet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of greet - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "greet", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "greet" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "grt". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,708 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "G" letter cohort. G–Z browse
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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.