grow
\ɡɹəʊ\
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
- grattant
grattant
51,440 corpus weight
- Groix
Groix
51,439 corpus weight
- grouper
grouper
51,438 corpus weight
- grow
grow
51,437 corpus weight
- Guillou
Guillou
51,436 corpus weight
- guérilleros
guérilleros
51,434 corpus weight
What this shows « grow » 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 | grow |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡɹəʊ\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #48,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grow »
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
- 1et Pousser.
- 2Semer, planter.
- 3Croître, grandir.
- 4Faire croître, faire grandir, agrandir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how grow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The corn is growing well.
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.
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
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).