# groupie vs grouse

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### groupie
*noun · IPA /ˈɡɹuːpi/ · frequency rank #44,237*
A fan, especially a young female fan of a male singer or rock group; a person who seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a celebrity, usually a rock 'n' roll artist or band member.

### grouse
*noun · IPA /ɡɹaʊs/ · frequency rank #24,178*
Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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