group

[ɡruːp]

/[ɡruːp]/ noun

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The verdict

“group” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #4,206. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,206
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gruppe

Corpus desk

Index DE-group · group · German

group · rank #4,206 · 7 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,206
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH grand

Nearest frequency peer: grand (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „group“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „group“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

group vs grün
40% similar
group vs grub
60% similar
group vs grove
60% similar

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

Key facts for group
PropertyValue
Headwordgroup
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡruːp]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,206
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „group“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).groupliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „grand“ (#4,205), „Grundschule“ (#4,207), „Geschenke“ (#4,204). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „group“ bei #4,206. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around group (IPA [ɡruːp]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,206 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gruppe".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for group, with forms such as "ggroup", "gorup", and "gropu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "grün", "grub", "grove", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is group, spelled G-R-O-U-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gruppe

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. He walked to a group of girls.

This word in other languages

groupe(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggroup
  • gorup
  • gropu
  • groupp
  • grroup
  • gruop
  • rgoup

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of group - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ggroup1gorup2gropu2groupp1grroup1gruop2rgoup2
Edit distance from "group"

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "group"?
"group" is spelled G-R-O-U-P. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡruːp].
What does "group" mean?
As a noun, "group" means: Gruppe
What words are commonly confused with "group"?
"group" is commonly confused with "grün", "grub", "grove". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "group"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "group" is [ɡruːp]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "group" come from?
"group" is a German 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 German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grand#4,205house#4,210First#4,197plant#4,225

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Lippen7 variantspower7 variantsarmut7 variantsAnruf7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list