support group

noun

"support-group" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“support group” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A group of people who informally support each other over a problem which all of its members share.

Key facts for support group
PropertyValue
Headwordsupport group
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “support group” sits in English frequency

support group falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

support group is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A group of people who informally support each other over a problem which all of its members share.".

No misspelling variants are generated for support group in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is support group, spelled S-U-P-P-O-R-T- -G-R-O-U-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    A group of people who informally support each other over a problem which all of its members share.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "support group"?
"support group" is spelled S-U-P-P-O-R-T- -G-R-O-U-P.
What does "support group" mean?
As a noun, "support group" means: A group of people who informally support each other over a problem which all of its members share.
What language does "support group" come from?
"support group" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “support group”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-U-P-P-O-R-T- -G-R-O-U-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list