# grin

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡɹɪn/ · frequency rank #13,165

## Definitions
1. A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.

## Etymology
From Middle English grinnen, from Old English grennian, from Proto-West Germanic *grannjōn, from Proto-Germanic *granjōną. Related to groan. Compare to Middle High German grennen (“to mutter, complain”) and Danish grine (“to show one's teeth, to laugh”)

## Easily confused with
- **gun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-gun)
- **GUI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-gui)
- **GRU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-gru)
- **gro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-gro)
- **grr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-grr)
- **GYN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-gyn)
- **grt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-grt)
- **grow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-grow)
- **grip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-grip)
- **Gwen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-gwen)
- **grit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-grit)
- **Gunn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-gunn)
- **grub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-grub)
- **guan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-guan)
- **grog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-grog)
- **Gwyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-gwyn)
- **grown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-grown)
- **grind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-grind)
- **grips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-grips)
- **groin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grin-vs-groin)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ggrin`, `girn`, `grinn`, `grni`, `grrin`, `rgin`

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