groom

\ɡʁum\

/\ɡʁum\/ noun

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The verdict

“groom” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,926. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,926
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune laquais d’écurie, palefrenier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-groom · groom · French

groom · rank #47,926 · 7 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,926
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH greffon

Nearest frequency peer: greffon (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « groom »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « groom » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

groom vs gros
60% similar
groom vs grow
60% similar
groom vs group
60% similar

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

Key facts for groom
PropertyValue
Headwordgroom
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁum\
Letters5
Frequency rank#47,926
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « groom »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.groomse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « greffon » (#47,925), « grossissent » (#47,927), « gratton » (#47,924). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « groom » est au #47,926. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around groom (IPA \ɡʁum\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,926 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for groom, with forms such as "ggroom", "gorom", and "grom". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "gros", "grow", "group", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is groom, spelled G-R-O-O-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeune laquais d’écurie, palefrenier.
  2. 2
    Assistant du meneur chargé de maintenir l’équilibre de la voiture dans les épreuves de course d’attelage.
  3. 3
    Laquais en livrée.
  4. 4
    Commissionnaire, coursier en livrée, employé le plus souvent dans le service de grands établissements, tels que cercles, hôtels, restaurants, etc.
  5. 5
    Système mécanique qui referme une porte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il pourrait mieux faire que de pérorer aussi magistralement et aussi longuement sur la supériorité des palefreniers anglais, qu'il a grand soin d'appeler des grooms.
  2. — Je désirerais voir le cheval à vendre et l’essayer en présence du groom de M. le préfet.

Synonyms

singeferme-porte

This word in other languages

bellboy(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggroom
  • gorom
  • grom
  • gromo
  • groomm
  • grroom
  • rgoom

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of groom - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ggroom1gorom2grom1gromo2groomm1grroom1rgoom2
Edit distance from "groom"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "groom"?
"groom" is spelled G-R-O-O-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁum\.
What does "groom" mean?
As a noun, "groom" means: Jeune laquais d’écurie, palefrenier.
What words are commonly confused with "groom"?
"groom" is commonly confused with "gros", "grow", "group". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "groom"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "groom" is \ɡʁum\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "groom" come from?
"groom" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "groom", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gruau#47,928Houda#47,943foies#47,901impec#47,952

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list