# grove

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡɹəʊv/ · frequency rank #7,797

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

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **grow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grove-vs-grow)
- **grown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grove-vs-grown)
- **grows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grove-vs-grows)
- **growl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grove-vs-growl)
- **groves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grove-vs-groves)
- **Grover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grove-vs-grover)
- **grower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grove-vs-grower)
- **GRE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gre-vs-grove)
- **gro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gro-vs-grove)
- **give** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/give-vs-grove)
- **gave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gave-vs-grove)
- **gone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gone-vs-grove)
- **gore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gore-vs-grove)
- **gove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gove-vs-grove)
- **grog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grog-vs-grove)
- **group** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/group-vs-grove)
- **grade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grade-vs-grove)
- **grace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grace-vs-grove)
- **gross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gross-vs-grove)
- **grave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grave-vs-grove)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ggrove`, `gorve`, `groev`, `grovve`, `grrove`, `grvoe`, `rgove`

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