# Griswold

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɡrɪzwɔːld/ · frequency rank #37,014

## Definitions
1. An English habitational surname from Middle English from gris (“grey (from French, i.e., the language of the Royal Court after 1066”) + wold (“forest, e.g. “Yorkshire Wolds”).
2. A placename
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7. Ellipsis of Griswold v. Connecticut, a 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized contraception, allowing access to contraceptives for married couples; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.

## Common misspellings (13)
`ggriswold`, `girswold`, `grisowld`, `grisswold`, `griswlod`, `griswodl`, `griswoldd`, `griswolld`, `griswwold`, `griwsold`, `grriswold`, `grsiwold`, `rgiswold`

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