# Grover

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɡɹoʊvɚ/ · frequency rank #21,814

## Definitions
1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a grove.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in the USA in the 1880s and 1890s when Grover Cleveland was President.
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## Etymology
From grove + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **groves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grover-vs-groves)
- **grower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grover-vs-grower)
- **gove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gove-vs-grover)
- **goer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goer-vs-grover)
- **grave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grave-vs-grover)
- **grove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grove-vs-grover)
- **glove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glove-vs-grover)
- **giver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/giver-vs-grover)
- **Gower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gower-vs-grover)
- **grope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grope-vs-grover)
- **gloves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloves-vs-grover)
- **graves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/graves-vs-grover)
- **groove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groove-vs-grover)
- **gravel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gravel-vs-grover)
- **govern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/govern-vs-grover)
- **glover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glover-vs-grover)
- **grader** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grader-vs-grover)
- **grocer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grocer-vs-grover)
- **gloved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloved-vs-grover)
- **grocery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grocery-vs-grover)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ggrover`, `gorver`, `groevr`, `groverr`, `grovre`, `grovver`, `grrover`, `grvoer`, `rgover`

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