# grout

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡɹaʊt/ · frequency rank #35,742

## Definitions
1. A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
2. Coarse meal; groats.
3. Dregs, sediment.
4. A kind of beer or ale.

## Etymology
From Middle English growte, grut, from Old English grūt (“dregs; coarse meal”), from Proto-West Germanic *grūt, from Proto-Germanic *grūtą (compare Dutch gruit (“dregs”), German Grauß, Norwegian grut (“ground”)), lengthening of Proto-Germanic *grutą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to grind, rub”). Related to grit.

## Easily confused with
- **gut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grout-vs-gut)
- **GRU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grout-vs-gru)
- **grt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grout-vs-grt)
- **grow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grout-vs-grow)
- **grub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grout-vs-grub)
- **grown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grout-vs-grown)
- **grows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grout-vs-grows)
- **grove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grout-vs-grove)
- **grunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grout-vs-grunt)
- **growl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grout-vs-growl)
- **growth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grout-vs-growth)
- **got** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/got-vs-grout)
- **gro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gro-vs-grout)
- **goat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goat-vs-grout)
- **grit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grit-vs-grout)
- **gout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gout-vs-grout)
- **glut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glut-vs-grout)
- **Gott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gott-vs-grout)
- **grog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grog-vs-grout)
- **great** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/great-vs-grout)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ggrout`, `gorut`, `grotu`, `groutt`, `grrout`, `gruot`, `rgout`

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