groove
\ɡʁuv\
The verdict
“groove” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,577. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,577
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans la musique de jazz, désigne le bon rythme, la bonne inspiration.
Corpus desk
Index FR-groove · groove · French
groove · rank #28,577 · 7 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,577
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH greffer
Nearest frequency peer: greffer (-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 « groove »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- Godefroy
Godefroy
71,427 corpus weight
- graffitis
graffitis
71,426 corpus weight
- greffer
greffer
71,425 corpus weight
- groove
groove
71,424 corpus weight
- Guantanamo
Guantanamo
71,423 corpus weight
- guinéen
guinéen
71,422 corpus weight
What this shows « groove » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | groove |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁuv\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #28,577 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « groove »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around groove (IPA \ɡʁuv\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,577 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for groove, with forms such as "ggroove", "gorove", and "grooev". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "grove", "groupe", "grosse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is groove, spelled G-R-O-O-V-E.
Definition
- 1Dans la musique de jazz, désigne le bon rythme, la bonne inspiration.
- 2Jeu rythmique orchestral autour du tempo, composé de notes brillantes jouées toujours en attaque avant la pulsation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how groove appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce qui importe, avant toute autre chose, c’est que le musicien de jazz soit in the groove (« dans le coup », « dans le bain ») et mieux vaut un musicien de jazz qui accumule les traits rapides dans ses solos et qui est in the groove que celui jouant des phrases d’une structure plus parfaite – apparemment – mais qui n’est pas in the groove.
L'indécision, parfois la bagarre, entre le temps et son ondoiement (le groove), qui s'entend par exemple dans la basse de « Joue quelque chose de simple » et d’« À part ça la vie est belle ».
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggroove
- gorove
- grooev
- groovve
- grovoe
- grroove
- rgoove
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of groove - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).