# grocer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡɹəʊ.sə/ · frequency rank #28,573

## Definitions
1. A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery.
2. A retail store that sells groceries, a grocery store.

## Etymology
From Old French grossier (“wholesaler”) Compare gross.

## Easily confused with
- **grove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grocer-vs-grove)
- **grope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grocer-vs-grope)
- **groves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grocer-vs-groves)
- **Grover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grocer-vs-grover)
- **grower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grocer-vs-grower)
- **grocery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grocer-vs-grocery)
- **grosser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grocer-vs-grosser)
- **goer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goer-vs-grocer)
- **grace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grace-vs-grocer)
- **Gower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gower-vs-grocer)
- **glover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glover-vs-grocer)
- **grader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grocer)
- **Graces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/graces-vs-grocer)
- **graced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/graced-vs-grocer)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ggrocer`, `gorcer`, `grcoer`, `groccer`, `grocerr`, `grocre`, `groecr`, `grrocer`, `rgocer`

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