grou
/ˈɡɾow/
The verdict
“grou” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,787 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,787
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index PT-grou · grou · Portuguese
grou · rank #78,787 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,787
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH ginecológico
Nearest frequency peer: ginecológico (-9 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “grou”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- fonógrafo
fonógrafo
21,245 corpus weight
- frugal
frugal
21,238 corpus weight
- ginecológico
ginecológico
21,223 corpus weight
- grou
grou
21,214 corpus weight
- honradez
honradez
21,194 corpus weight
- hípico
hípico
21,187 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “grou” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “grou” em português
Rare enough to double-check
grou is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,787 among 521 “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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