# Groton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,955

## Definitions
1. A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9541).
2. A town and city in New London County, Connecticut, United States.
3. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
4. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
5. A town and village in Tompkins County, New York, United States.
6. A city in Brown County, South Dakota, United States.
7. A town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States.

## Etymology
In Suffolk, recorded as Grotena in 1086 (DB), probably from Old English groten + ēa (“sandy or gravelly stream”). Places in the United States were directly or indirectly named after this village.

## Easily confused with
- **grown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groton-vs-grown)
- **grotto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groton-vs-grotto)
- **goon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goon-vs-groton)
- **GOTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goto-vs-groton)
- **groom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groom-vs-groton)
- **groin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groin-vs-groton)
- **groan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groan-vs-groton)
- **Groot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groot-vs-groton)
- **Gaston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaston-vs-groton)
- **Grafton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grafton-vs-groton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ggroton`, `gorton`, `grootn`, `grotno`, `grotonn`, `grotton`, `grroton`, `grtoon`, `rgoton`

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