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“Grays” or “Greys”

Grays is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while greys is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 2 prefer “grays” and 10 prefer “greys”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country grays greys Preference
United States 21 79 “greys”
United Kingdom 57 43 “grays”
India 20 80 “greys”
Philippines 8 92 “greys”
Canada 7 93 “greys”
Australia 40 60 “greys”
Liberia 100 0 “grays”
Ireland 9 91 “greys”
New Zealand 15 85 “greys”
Jamaica 9 91 “greys”
Trinidad & Tobago 8 92 “greys”
Guyana 0 100 “greys”
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“grays”

  • Grays manufacture three colours of umpire…
  • …own home at 10 Melina Place.
  • …in Fullwood's Rents near Gray's Inn.
  • …place on 10 March, with Grays hosting Stevenage at the New…
  • …"Lower Ferry House" or "Gray's Tavern."
  • …Late It Was, How Late (1994).
  • …included a brief loan to Grays Athletic.
  • …bar at Gray's Inn in 1967.
  • …a range of just 15 metres.
  • …replaced by the alluring Lady Henrietta.

“greys”

  • …became drillmaster of the "Rockford Greys", the local militia company.
  • Bottom two: Emi Greys & Svitlana Kosovska
  • …1 Aired on TV3 in 2006)
  • …a 2011 episode of Grey's Anatomy
  • …for Engineered Negligible Senescence", or "SENS".
  • …Colonel, had commanded the Scots Greys in the Crimea and led…
  • …of the TV show Grey's Anatomy.
  • …first time in the third season.
  • …Rain, in Season 1, Episode 2.
  • …in the face of several accusations.

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