grow

\ɡɹəʊ\

/\ɡɹəʊ\/ verb

The verdict

“grow” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,564. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,564
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - et Pousser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grow · grow · French

grow · rank #48,564 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,564
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grouper

Nearest frequency peer: grouper (-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 « grow »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grow » 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).

grow vs GW
0% similar
grow vs grue
50% similar
grow vs growth
67% similar

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

Key facts for grow
PropertyValue
Headwordgrow
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡɹəʊ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#48,564
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grow »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).growse 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 « grouper » (#48,563), « Guillou » (#48,565), « Groix » (#48,562). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grow » est au #48,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around grow (IPA \ɡɹəʊ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,564 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for grow, with forms such as "ggrow", "gorw", and "groww". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "GW", "grue", "growth", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is grow, spelled G-R-O-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    et Pousser.
  2. 2
    Semer, planter.
  3. 3
    Croître, grandir.
  4. 4
    Faire croître, faire grandir, agrandir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The corn is growing well.
  2. Are you planning to grow corn again next year?

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrow
  • gorw
  • groww
  • grrow
  • grwo
  • rgow

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grow - 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.

ggrow1gorw2groww1grrow1grwo2rgow2
Edit distance from "grow"

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 "grow"?
"grow" is spelled G-R-O-W. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɹəʊ\.
What does "grow" mean?
As a verb, "grow" means: et Pousser.
What words are commonly confused with "grow"?
"grow" is commonly confused with "GW", "grue", "growth". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grow"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grow" is \ɡɹəʊ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grow" come from?
"grow" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list