grounder
/ˈɡɹaʊndə(ɹ)/
"grounder" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grounder” is uncommon English (frequency #58,059 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,059
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A ground ball.
Corpus desk
Index EN-grounder · grounder · English
grounder · rank #58,059 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,059
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gullet
Nearest frequency peer: gullet (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “grounder”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- glans
glans
41,948 corpus weight
- Glas
Glas
41,947 corpus weight
- glues
glues
41,946 corpus weight
- grounder
grounder
41,942 corpus weight
- gullet
gullet
41,941 corpus weight
- hake
hake
41,937 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “grounder” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grounder |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹaʊndə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,059 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “grounder” in English
Rare enough to double-check
grounder is uncommon English at frequency #58,059 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡɹaʊndə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for grounder in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English grounder, grownder, equivalent to ground + -er. The correct English form is grounder, spelled G-R-O-U-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1A ground ball.
- 2A fruit that has fallen to the ground rather than being picked; a windfall.
- 3One of the large stones forming the base of a Cornish hedge.
Etymology
From Middle English grounder, grownder, equivalent to ground + -er.
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.
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