grice
/ɡɹʌɪs/
"grice" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grice” is an uncommon English word, ranked #63,659 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #63,659
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a breed of pig or boar native to north Britain, now extinct.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grice |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɹʌɪs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grice” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for grice is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡɹʌɪs/. Corpus data places it at rank #63,659 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a breed of pig or boar native to north Britain, now extinct.".
No misspelling variants are generated for grice in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English gris, from Old Norse gríss (“male pig; pigling”). Compare Old Dutch gristo, gristio (“boar, wild boar”). The correct English form is grice, spelled G-R-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1A pig, especially a young pig, or its meat; sometimes specifically, a breed of pig or boar native to north Britain, now extinct.
Etymology
From Middle English gris, from Old Norse gríss (“male pig; pigling”). Compare Old Dutch gristo, gristio (“boar, wild boar”).
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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Using “grice”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-I-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.