# grocery

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/ · frequency rank #6,473

## Definitions
1. Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
2. A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

## Etymology
From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria.

## Easily confused with
- **Grover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grocery-vs-grover)
- **grower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grocery-vs-grower)
- **grocer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grocer-vs-grocery)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ggrocery`, `gorcery`, `grcoery`, `groccery`, `grocerry`, `groceryy`, `groceyr`, `grocrey`, `groecry`, `grrocery`, `rgocery`

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