grom
noun
grom is spelled G-R-O-M: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Grom, the name). As a noun, grom means “A young surfer, wakeskater, wakeboarder, snowboarder, skimboarder, skateboarder, or kiteboarder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grom is groms.
How many letters and syllables are in grom?
| Letters | 4: G-R-O-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 75,877th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is grom?
Grom appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Grom, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce grom?
- Australia
Grom has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-grom.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with grom?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as grom.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gorm.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of grom
- groms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grom mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangA young surfer, wakeskater, wakeboarder, snowboarder, skimboarder, skateboarder, or kiteboarder.
They were having this contest for grommets. The waves were micro. Even the groms were disgusted.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does grom come from?
Shortened from grommet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).