grove

/ɡɹəʊv/

//ɡɹəʊv// noun

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"grove" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“grove” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,797. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,797
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small forest.

Corpus desk

Index EN-grove · grove · English

grove · rank #7,797 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,797
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH grinding

Nearest frequency peer: grinding (-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 “grove”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “grove” 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).

grove vs grow
60% similar
grove vs grown
60% similar
grove vs grows
60% similar

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

Key facts for grove
PropertyValue
Headwordgrove
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɡɹəʊv/
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,797
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “grove”

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).grovelands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “grinding” (#7,796), “guessing” (#7,798), “grind” (#7,795). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “grove” is #7,797. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around grove (IPA /ɡɹəʊv/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,797 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for grove, with forms such as "ggrove", "gorve", and "groev". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grow", "grown", "grows", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English grove, grave, from Old English grāf, grāfa (“grove; copse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graib, *graibō (“branch, group of branches, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *graibaz, *graibô (“branch, fork”). Related to Old English grǣf, grǣfe (“br… The correct English form is grove, spelled G-R-O-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A small forest.
  2. 2
    A small forest with minimal undergrowth.
  3. 3
    An orchard of fruit trees.
  4. 4
    A place of worship.
  5. 5
    A lodge of the Ancient Order of Druids.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Religious sodomy was practised by male prostitutes in the Hebrew temple groves, which was one of the abominations of Israel that Josiah cleared away.
  2. Near-synonym: woodland

Etymology

From Middle English grove, grave, from Old English grāf, grāfa (“grove; copse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graib, *graibō (“branch, group of branches, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *graibaz, *graibô (“branch, fork”). Related to Old English grǣf, grǣfe (“brushwood; thicket; copse”), Old English grǣfa (“thicket”), dialectal Norwegian greive (“ram with splayed horns”), dialectal Norwegian greivlar (“ramifications of an antler”), dialectal Norwegian grivla (“to branch, branch out”), Old Norse grein (“twig, branch, limb”). More at greave.

This word in other languages

arboleda(Español)bosquet(Français)Hain(Deutsch)bosque(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrove
  • gorve
  • groev
  • grovve
  • grrove
  • grvoe
  • rgove

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grove - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ggrove1gorve2groev2grovve1grrove1grvoe2rgove2
Edit distance from "grove"

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 "grove"?
"grove" is spelled G-R-O-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡɹəʊv/.
What does "grove" mean?
As a noun, "grove" means: A small forest.
What words are commonly confused with "grove"?
"grove" is commonly confused with "grow", "grown", "grows". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grove"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grove" is /ɡɹəʊv/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "grove"?
From Middle English grove, grave, from Old English grāf, grāfa (“grove; copse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graib, *graibō (“branch, group of branches, thicket”), from Proto-Germanic *graibaz, *graibô (“branch, fork”). Related to Old English grǣf, ... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grind#7,795hobby#7,800float#7,793lance#7,807

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

masses7 variantsnewer7 variantsvegan7 variantssober7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list