grise
/ɡɹiːz/noun
grise is spelled G-R-I-S-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grise means “Alternative form of grice (“a pig”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grise is grises.
How many letters and syllables are in grise?
| Letters | 5: G-R-I-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in 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).
How common is grise?
Grise appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 grise?
- /ɡɹiːz/
Grise has one syllable (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).
Forms of grise
- grises plural
- greeze
- greese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grise mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of grice (“a pig”).
- 2
obsoleteA step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does grise come from?
See grice.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).