growth

/ɡɹoʊθ/

//ɡɹoʊθ// noun

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"growth" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“growth” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #992. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#992
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An increase in size, number, value, or strength.

Corpus desk

Index EN-growth · growth · English

growth · rank #992 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #992
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH gives

Nearest frequency peer: gives (-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 “growth”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “growth” 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).

growth vs growths
86% similar
growth vs grow
67% similar
growth vs goth
67% similar

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

Key facts for growth
PropertyValue
Headwordgrowth
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɡɹoʊθ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#992
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “growth”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).growthlands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “gives” (#991), “included” (#993), “February” (#990). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “growth” is #992. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around growth (IPA /ɡɹoʊθ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #992 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for growth, with forms such as "ggrowth", "gorwth", and "grotwh". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "growths", "grow", "goth", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From grow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old Frisian grēd ("meadow, pasture"; > North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”)), Middle High German gruote, gruot (“greens, fresh growth, shoot”), Old Norse gróðr ("growth, crop"; > Faroese grøði, Danish g… The correct English form is growth, spelled G-R-O-W-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
  2. 2
    Ellipsis of economic growth.
  3. 3
    An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
  4. 4
    The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
  5. 5
    Something that grows or has grown.
  6. 6
    An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. It may be that a free society as we have known it carries in itself the forces of its own destruction, that once freedom has been achieved it is taken for granted and ceases to be valued, and that the free growth of ideas which is the essence of a free society will bring about the destruction of the foundations on which it depends.
  2. Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.

Etymology

From grow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old Frisian grēd ("meadow, pasture"; > North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”)), Middle High German gruote, gruot (“greens, fresh growth, shoot”), Old Norse gróðr ("growth, crop"; > Faroese grøði, Danish grøde (“fruits”), Swedish gröda (“crop, harvest”)). More at grow.

Synonyms

enlargementexpansionincreaseincrementdevelopmentmaturationvegetationoutgrowthcancermass

Antonyms

contractiondecreasedecrementreductionnondevelopment

This word in other languages

crecimiento(Español)croissance(Français)Wachstum(Deutsch)acréscimo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrowth
  • gorwth
  • grotwh
  • growht
  • growthh
  • growtth
  • growwth
  • grrowth
  • grwoth
  • rgowth

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of growth - 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.

ggrowth1gorwth2grotwh2growht2growthh1growtth1growwth1grrowth1
Edit distance from "growth"

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 "growth"?
"growth" is spelled G-R-O-W-T-H. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡɹoʊθ/.
What does "growth" mean?
As a noun, "growth" means: An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
What words are commonly confused with "growth"?
"growth" is commonly confused with "growths", "grow", "goth". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "growth"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "growth" is /ɡɹoʊθ/. 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 "growth"?
From grow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old Frisian grēd ("meadow, pasture"; > North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”)), Middle High German gruote, gruot (“greens, fresh growth, shoot”), Old Norse gróðr ("growth, crop"; > Faroese grøði... 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 "growth", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list