# grow vs GRU

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### grow
*verb · IPA /ɡɹəʊ/ · frequency rank #1,344*
To become larger, to increase in magnitude.

### GRU
*name · frequency rank #39,340*
The Main Intelligence Directorate — the Soviet and then the Russian military intelligence agency.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grow-vs-gru