grises

/[ˈgɾises]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,507

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

grises is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del plural de gris. Pronounced [ˈgɾises]. Often confused with grité and gross.

Key facts for grises
PropertyValue
Headwordgrises
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈgɾises]
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,507
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of grises in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for grises is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgɾises]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,507 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de gris.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for grises, with forms such as "ggrises", "girses", and "grices". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "grité", "gross", "gritos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is grises, spelled G-R-I-S-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de gris.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggrises,girses,grices,griess,grisess,grisse,grisses,grrises,grsies,rgises

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grises

Misspelling Variants of "grises"

ggrises7girses6grices6griess6grisess7grisse6grisses7grrises7
Misspelling Variants of "grises"

Frequency rank: #10,507 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grises"?
"grises" is spelled G-R-I-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgɾises].
What does "grises" mean?
As an adj, "grises" means: Forma del plural de gris.
What words are commonly confused with "grises"?
"grises" is commonly confused with "grité", "gross", "gritos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grises"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grises" is [ˈgɾises]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grises" come from?
"grises" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.