# greet

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɡɹiːt/ · frequency rank #10,708

## Definitions
1. To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
2. To arrive at or reach, or meet.
3. To accost; to address.
4. To meet and give salutations.
5. To be perceived by (someone).

## Etymology
From Middle English greten, from Old English grētan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną.

## Easily confused with
- **grt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-grt)
- **grew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-grew)
- **grey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-grey)
- **Greg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-greg)
- **grit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-grit)
- **guest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-guest)
- **grief** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-grief)
- **Gregg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-gregg)
- **Greta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-greta)
- **grunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-grunt)
- **Groot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-groot)
- **Gwent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-gwent)
- **greys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-greys)
- **grout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-grout)
- **grist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-grist)
- **greets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-greets)
- **greeted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/greet-vs-greeted)
- **get** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/get-vs-greet)
- **gee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gee-vs-greet)
- **GRE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gre-vs-greet)

## Common misspellings (7)
`geret`, `ggreet`, `greett`, `gret`, `grete`, `grreet`, `rgeet`

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