groundhog
/ˈɡɹaʊndhɒɡ/
"groundhog" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“groundhog” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,831. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,831
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A red-brown marmot, Marmota monax, native to North America.
Corpus desk
Index EN-groundhog · groundhog · English
groundhog · rank #32,831 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #32,831
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH grotto
Nearest frequency peer: grotto (-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 “groundhog”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- grinds
grinds
67,173 corpus weight
- groaning
groaning
67,172 corpus weight
- grotto
grotto
67,171 corpus weight
- groundhog
groundhog
67,170 corpus weight
- GSA
GSA
67,169 corpus weight
- guerilla
guerilla
67,168 corpus weight
What this shows “groundhog” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | groundhog |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹaʊndhɒɡ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “groundhog”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around groundhog (IPA /ˈɡɹaʊndhɒɡ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,831 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for groundhog, with forms such as "ggroundhog", "gorundhog", and "gronudhog". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "grounding", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ground + hog. The correct English form is groundhog, spelled G-R-O-U-N-D-H-O-G.
Definition
- 1A red-brown marmot, Marmota monax, native to North America.
- 2The aardvark.
- 3Synonym of groundlubber
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how groundhog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In 1909, local newspapers reported that the governor of Pennsylvania attended the group’s annual feast and 400 groundhogs were served to 400 guests.
Many sources claim that the original Groundhog Day took place in 1887, when residents of Punxsutawney set out to Gobbler’s Knob, known as Phil’s “official” home, but the first piece of evidence Yoder found of townspeople trusting a groundhog for the weather, a diary entry, was dated 1840.
Etymology
From ground + hog.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggroundhog
- gorundhog
- gronudhog
- groudnhog
- grounddhog
- groundhgo
- groundhhog
- groundhogg
- groundohg
- grounhdog
- grounndhog
- grroundhog
- gruondhog
- rgoundhog
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of groundhog - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "groundhog", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).