grises

/\ɡʁiz\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,036

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

grises is anFrenchadj. It means: Féminin pluriel de gris. Pronounced \ɡʁiz\. Often confused with guise and gross.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for grises is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁiz\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,036 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin pluriel de gris.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for grises, with forms such as "ggrises", "girses", and "griess". 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, "guise", "gross", "grues", 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 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
    Féminin pluriel de gris.

Common misspellings

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

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grises

Misspelling Variants of "grises"

ggrises7girses6griess6grisess7grisses7grrises7grsies6rgises6
Misspelling Variants of "grises"

Frequency rank: #19,036 in French

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 adj, "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. 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.