Which to use
“group” is a noun and “grown” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #241
- “group” frequency rank
- #2,158
- “grown” frequency rank
- 2399
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | group | grown |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another. | past participle of grow |
Where the eye mixes group and grown
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: group is /ɡɹuːp/ while grown is /ɡɹəʊn/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2399, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
group is recorded at frequency rank #241, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɡɹuːp/. grown is at rank #2,158, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɡɹəʊn/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 2399, this pair ranks #525,068 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of group vs grown
Shared letters: gor. Private to "group": pu. Private to "grown": nw.
"group" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "grown" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC