grooved

adj

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"grooved" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“grooved” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,786. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,786
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having one or more grooves.

Corpus desk

Index EN-grooved · grooved · English

grooved · rank #48,786 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,786
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH grimly

Nearest frequency peer: grimly (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “grooved”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “grooved” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grooved vs grove
71% similar
grooved vs groves
71% similar
grooved vs Grover
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grooved
PropertyValue
Headwordgrooved
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,786
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “grooved”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).groovedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “grimly” (#48,785), “grieves” (#48,784), “gutless” (#48,789). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “grooved” is #48,786. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around grooved, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #48,786 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Having one or more grooves.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for grooved, with forms such as "ggrooved", "goroved", and "grooevd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "grove", "groves", "Grover", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is grooved, spelled G-R-O-O-V-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Having one or more grooves.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how grooved appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The line from Nyon to La Cure (17½ miles) was opened in 1916, and is on independent track throughout, leaving the road immediately after passing under the Swiss Federal line from Lausanne to Geneva, where grooved tramrails with tie-bars give place to steel-sleepered track.

This word in other languages

estriado(Español)gerillt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrooved
  • goroved
  • grooevd
  • groovde
  • groovedd
  • groovved
  • groved
  • grovoed
  • grrooved
  • rgooved

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grooved - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ggrooved1goroved2grooevd2groovde2groovedd1groovved1groved1grovoed2
Edit distance from "grooved"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grooved"?
"grooved" is spelled G-R-O-O-V-E-D.
What does "grooved" mean?
As an adjective, "grooved" means: Having one or more grooves.
What words are commonly confused with "grooved"?
"grooved" is commonly confused with "grove", "groves", "Grover". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "grooved" come from?
"grooved" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grooved", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grieves#48,784gutless#48,789Hayashi#48,793granary#48,778

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

grimly10 variantshaywire10 variantsGooding10 variantsHermosa10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list