griffin
/ˈɡɹɪf.ɪn/noun
griffin is spelled G-R-I-F-F-I-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “griffin vs gryphon” about 320 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, griffin means “A mythical creature with the body of a lion and head and wings of an eagle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of griffin is griffins.
How many letters and syllables are in griffin?
| Letters | 7: G-R-I-F-F-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.9 times per million words; the 8,266th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is griffin?
Griffin appears 7.9 times per million words in written English, the 8,266th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce griffin?
- /ˈɡɹɪf.ɪn/
Griffin has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-griffin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with griffin
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: griffon, gryphon.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of griffin
- griffins plural
- griffon
- gryphon
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does griffin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mythical creature with the body of a lion and head and wings of an eagle.
- 2
A griffon vulture, a large vulture (Gyps fulvus) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor, supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible.
- 3
An English variety of apple.
- 4
IndiadatedA person who has just arrived from Europe.
- 5
A cadet newly arrived in British India: half English, half Indian.
- 6
A watchful guardian, especially a duenna in charge of a young woman.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate griffin?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of griffin: griff.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Griffin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mythical creature with the body of a lion and head and wings of an eagle:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does griffin come from?
From Middle English griffoun, from Old French griffon, from Late Latin grȳphus, from Classical Latin grȳps, from Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ (grū́ps).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).