The spelling of "griffis" follows the English language's phonetic system. It starts with the "ɡ" sound or the voiced velar stop, followed by "r" which is the voiced alveolar trill. The third letter is "i" pronounced as "ɪ" or the short vowel sound, and doubled in the word to indicate its short sound. It is then followed by "f" which is the unvoiced labiodental fricative, and finally ends with "is" or "ɪz," the sound of the plural marker "s" in English. The overall pronunciation of "griffis" is "ɡrɪfɪs."