“Griffin” or “Gryphon”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 12 prefer “griffin” and 0 prefer “gryphon”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	griffin	gryphon	Preference
United States	98	2	“griffin”
United Kingdom	95	5	“griffin”
India	96	4	“griffin”
Philippines	95	5	“griffin”
Canada	95	5	“griffin”
Australia	96	4	“griffin”
Liberia	100	0	“griffin”
Ireland	100	0	“griffin”
New Zealand	95	5	“griffin”
Jamaica	100	0	“griffin”
Trinidad & Tobago	100	0	“griffin”
Guyana	100	0	“griffin”

Usage

Examples in context

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

“griffin”

…battled with NBA player Blake Griffin.
…gang learns that a giant griffin has been scaring away the…
…Leo Neuringer and Robert G. Griffin at the Massachusetts Institute of…
In 2011, Griffin gave the Nineteenth Todd Memorial…
…Savakus, Todd Sommer and Paul Griffin.
…2, later voiced by Grey Griffin in Season 3) is Hector's
Griffin finished his college career with…
Bessie Griffin – Arlette Broil
…streetwise hustler Freddy Tiffany (Eddie Griffin) (in reality, an undercover FBI…
Griffin is the author of two…

“gryphon”

Gryphon Books.
So Marlon had his gryphon puppet scare everyone away.
Afterwards, the gryphon quickly appears again.
…and a new school, The Gryphon School, was created on the…
…the Morning Star Trilogy (The Gryphon, Alexandria and Morning Star).
…the special judicial police unit Gryphon (part of the Ministry of…
…as Twilight Creations and Eagle Gryphon Games.
Gryphon Audio Designs, a Danish maker…
Gryphon Software Morph, one of the…
…became operational with its BGM-109 Gryphon cruise missiles at this location…

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