ground

//gɹaʊnd// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,235

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

ground is aSpanishnoun. It means: Suelo, tierra. Pronounced /gɹaʊnd/. Often confused with group and grand.

Key facts for ground
PropertyValue
Headwordground
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/gɹaʊnd/
Letters6
Frequency rank#32,235
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ground in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for ground is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /gɹaʊnd/. Corpus data places it at rank #32,235 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for ground, with forms such as "gground", "gorund", and "gronud". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "group", "grand", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is ground, spelled G-R-O-U-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suelo, tierra.
  2. 2
    Tierra eléctrica.
  3. 3
    Terreno.
  4. 4
    Tema, asunto.
  5. 5
    Los fundamentos de un argumento.
  6. 6
    Área de referencia o discusión.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: gground,gorund,gronud,groudn,groundd,grounnd,grround,gruond,rgound

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ground

Misspelling Variants of "ground"

gground7gorund6gronud6groudn6groundd7grounnd7grround7gruond6
Misspelling Variants of "ground"

Frequency rank: #32,235 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ground"?
"ground" is spelled G-R-O-U-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is /gɹaʊnd/.
What does "ground" mean?
As a noun, "ground" means: Suelo, tierra.
What words are commonly confused with "ground"?
"ground" is commonly confused with "group", "grand". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ground"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ground" is /gɹaʊnd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ground" come from?
"ground" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.