grey
\ɡreɪ\
The verdict
“grey” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,323. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,323
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gris.
Corpus desk
Index FR-grey · grey · French
grey · rank #9,323 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,323
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gouverner
Nearest frequency peer: gouverner (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « grey »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- gentiment
gentiment
90,681 corpus weight
- gouvernemen…
gouvernementale
90,680 corpus weight
- gouverner
gouverner
90,679 corpus weight
- grey
grey
90,678 corpus weight
- gueules
gueules
90,677 corpus weight
- guider
guider
90,676 corpus weight
What this shows « grey » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grey |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡreɪ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grey »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around grey (IPA \ɡreɪ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,323 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gris.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for grey, with forms such as "gery", "ggrey", and "greyy". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "guy", "gué", "gros", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grey, spelled G-R-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Gris.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- gery
- ggrey
- greyy
- grrey
- grye
- rgey
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grey - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).