grises

\ɡʁiz\

/\ɡʁiz\/ adj

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The verdict

“grises” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,036
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de gris.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grises · grises · French

grises · rank #19,036 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,036
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gourou

Nearest frequency peer: gourou (-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 « grises »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « grises » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grises vs guise
67% similar
grises vs gross
67% similar
grises vs grues
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grises
PropertyValue
Headwordgrises
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁiz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,036
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grises »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).grisesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gourou » (#19,035), « Guatemala » (#19,037), « GG » (#19,034). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grises » est au #19,036. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around grises (IPA \ɡʁiz\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,036 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de gris.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for grises, with forms such as "ggrises", "girses", and "griess". 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, "guise", "gross", "grues", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grises, spelled G-R-I-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de gris.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how grises appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. N’ai-je point vu mes fils, ivres des hautes mers, Tendre la voile pleine au souffle âpre des brises ? Ils ne reviendront plus baiser mes tresses grises : Mes enfants sont couchés dans les limons amers !
  2. Entre des maisons grises, des resserres, des magasins d’outillage, des bars, des trottoirs étroits, la rue de Lappe ouvrait sa médiocre perspective.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrises
  • girses
  • griess
  • grisess
  • grisses
  • grrises
  • grsies
  • rgises

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grises - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ggrises1girses2griess2grisess1grisses1grrises1grsies2rgises2
Edit distance from "grises"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grises"?
"grises" is spelled G-R-I-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁiz\.
What does "grises" mean?
As an adjective, "grises" means: Féminin pluriel de gris.
What words are commonly confused with "grises"?
"grises" is commonly confused with "guise", "gross", "grues". 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 \ɡʁiz\. 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 French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grises", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gourou#19,035gadget#19,031frotte#19,028fraser#19,027

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

levure8 variantslisait8 variantslorrain8 variantsenorme8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list