gryphon
noun
gryphon is spelled G-R-Y-P-H-O-N: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “griffin vs gryphon” about 320 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, gryphon means “Alternative form of griffin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gryphon is gryphons.
How many letters and syllables are in gryphon?
| Letters | 7: G-R-Y-P-H-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,980th 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; 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 gryphon?
Gryphon appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,980th 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 gryphon?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-gryphon.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with gryphon
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: griffin.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of gryphon
- gryphons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gryphon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of griffin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate gryphon?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of gryphon: gryph.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).