# growth

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡɹoʊθ/ · frequency rank #992

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

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **growths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/growth-vs-growths)
- **grow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grow-vs-growth)
- **goth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/goth-vs-growth)
- **grown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grown-vs-growth)
- **grows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grows-vs-growth)
- **growl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/growl-vs-growth)
- **Groot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/groot-vs-growth)
- **grout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grout-vs-growth)
- **grower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grower-vs-growth)
- **grotto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grotto-vs-growth)
- **growls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/growls-vs-growth)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ggrowth`, `gorwth`, `grotwh`, `growht`, `growthh`, `growtth`, `growwth`, `grrowth`, `grwoth`, `rgowth`

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