# groin

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡɹɔɪn/ · frequency rank #20,652

## Definitions
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.
3. The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
4. The surface formed by two such vaults.
5. The genitals.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **grow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-grow)
- **group** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-group)
- **grown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-grown)
- **gross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-gross)
- **grows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-grows)
- **grove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-grove)
- **groom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-groom)
- **growl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-growl)
- **Groot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-groot)
- **grout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-grout)
- **grope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-grope)
- **gronk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-gronk)
- **ground** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-ground)
- **Groton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-groton)
- **growing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-growing)
- **groping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-groping)
- **gin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gin-vs-groin)
- **gro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gro-vs-groin)
- **gain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gain-vs-groin)
- **grid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grid-vs-groin)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ggroin`, `gorin`, `grion`, `groinn`, `groni`, `grroin`, `rgoin`

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