# grew

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɡɹuː/ · frequency rank #2,072

## Definitions
1. simple past of grow
2. past participle of grow

## Etymology
From Middle English grew, from Old English grēow (first and third person past tense of grōwan), from West Germanic *greu, from Northwest Germanic *grerō, from Proto-Germanic *gegrō (first and third person past tense of *grōaną), reduplication of *grōaną.

## Easily confused with
- **GRU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-gru)
- **gro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-gro)
- **grr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-grr)
- **grt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-grt)
- **grow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-grow)
- **grey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-grey)
- **grid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-grid)
- **grip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-grip)
- **grim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-grim)
- **grin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-grin)
- **Gwen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-gwen)
- **grit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-grit)
- **grub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-grub)
- **grog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-grog)
- **grown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-grown)
- **grows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-grows)
- **grief** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-grief)
- **growl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-growl)
- **greys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grew-vs-greys)
- **ge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ge-vs-grew)

## Common misspellings (6)
`gerw`, `ggrew`, `greww`, `grrew`, `grwe`, `rgew`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/grew