# Grimes

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɡɹaɪmz/ · frequency rank #18,840

## Definitions
1. An English surname.
2. A placename
3. A placename

## Easily confused with
- **grips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grimes-vs-grips)
- **Grimm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grimes-vs-grimm)
- **grits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grimes-vs-grits)
- **grins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grimes-vs-grins)
- **gripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grimes-vs-gripe)
- **grimy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grimes-vs-grimy)
- **guides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grimes-vs-guides)
- **groves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grimes-vs-groves)
- **grinds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grimes-vs-grinds)
- **grimly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grimes-vs-grimly)
- **grim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grim-vs-grimes)
- **games** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/games-vs-grimes)
- **gives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gives-vs-grimes)
- **grief** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grief-vs-grimes)
- **grams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grams-vs-grimes)
- **Giles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giles-vs-grimes)
- **grids** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grids-vs-grimes)
- **grime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grime-vs-grimes)
- **grades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grades-vs-grimes)
- **graves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/graves-vs-grimes)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ggrimes`, `girmes`, `griems`, `grimess`, `grimmes`, `grimse`, `grmies`, `grrimes`, `rgimes`

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