gris

/\ɡʁi\/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,539

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gris is anFrenchadj. It means: De couleur grise, entre le blanc et le noir. Pronounced \ɡʁi\. It ranks #3,539 in French word frequency. Often confused with Gs and gus.

Key facts for gris
PropertyValue
Headwordgris
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɡʁi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,539
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gris in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gris is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁi\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,539 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for gris, with forms such as "ggris", "girs", and "griss". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Gs", "gus", "gui", 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 French form is gris, spelled G-R-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De couleur grise, entre le blanc et le noir.
  2. 2
    Qualifie cette couleur unie de robe de chevaux.
  3. 3
    Qualifie cette couleur unie de robe de chevaux.
  4. 4
    Nuageux, couvert et un peu frais.
  5. 5
    Terne, triste.
  6. 6
    Un peu saoul, ivre.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggris,girs,griss,grris,grsi,rgis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gris

Misspelling Variants of "gris"

ggris5girs4griss5grris5grsi4rgis4
Misspelling Variants of "gris"

Frequency rank: #3,539 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gris"?
"gris" is spelled G-R-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁi\.
What does "gris" mean?
As an adj, "gris" means: De couleur grise, entre le blanc et le noir.
What words are commonly confused with "gris"?
"gris" is commonly confused with "Gs", "gus", "gui". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gris"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gris" is \ɡʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gris" come from?
"gris" is a French 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.