groin
/ˈɡɹoɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɔɪ̯n/noun, verb
groin is spelled G-R-O-I-N: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, groin means “The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of groin is groins.
How many letters and syllables are in groin?
| Letters | 5: G-R-O-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is groin?
Groin appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce groin?
- /ˈɡɹoɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɔɪ̯n/
- /ˈɡɹɑɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɒɪ̯n/
Groin has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-groin.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of groin
- groins plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- groining participle, present
- groined participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does groin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
- 2
The area adjoining this fold or depression.
He pulled a muscle in his groin.
- 3
The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
- 4
The surface formed by two such vaults.
- 5
The genitals.
He got kicked in the groin and was writhing in pain.
- 6
USUS standard spelling of groyne.
verb
- 1
To deliver a blow to the genitals of.
In the scrum he somehow got groined.
- 2
To build or furnish with a groin or groins.
- 3
To hollow out; to excavate.
- 4
To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
Such tunges ſhuld be torne out by the harde rootes,
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Groin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense long narrow depression of the human body that separates the trunk from the legs:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does groin come from?
From earlier grine, from Middle English grinde, grynde, from Old English grynde (“abyss”) (perhaps also "depression, hollow"), probably related to Proto-Germanic *grunduz; see ground. Later altered under the influence of loin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).