grou
/ˈɡɾow/
The verdict
“grou” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,787 among 1,241 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,787
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - designação comum às aves da família dos gruídeos, encontradas em planícies e zonas pantanosas de todo o mundo, com exceção da América do Sul e Antártica; de grande porte, pernas e pescoço longos, c...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grou |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɾow/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #78,787 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grou” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grou is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,787 among 1,241 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡɾow/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "designação comum às aves da família dos gruídeos, encontradas em planícies e zonas pantanosas de todo o mundo, com exceção da América do Sul e Antártica; de grande porte, pernas e pescoço longos, c...".
No misspelling variants are generated for grou in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is grou, spelled G-R-O-U.
Definition
- 1designação comum às aves da família dos gruídeos, encontradas em planícies e zonas pantanosas de todo o mundo, com exceção da América do Sul e Antártica; de grande porte, pernas e pescoço longos, cabeça parcialmente nua, bico reto e plumagem com penas brancas, cinzas ou marrons
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “grou”
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- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-R-O-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.