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“Groins” or “Groynes”

Groins is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while groynes is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 3 prefer “groins” and 5 prefer “groynes”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country groins groynes Preference
United States 92 8 “groins”
United Kingdom 33 67 “groynes”
India 44 56 “groynes”
Philippines 79 21 “groins”
Canada 80 20 “groins”
Australia 32 68 “groynes”
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 44 56 “groynes”
New Zealand 7 93 “groynes”
Jamaica 0 0 Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago 0 0 Not enough data
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

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“groins”

  • The use of seawalls, groins, jetties, bulkheads, revetment, and beach…
  • …the vestuary with the ceiling groins painted by Claudio Coello and…
  • Similarly, mechanics get their groins smeared with old dirty grease.
  • …and with parts of the groins collapsed.
  • …ordered the repair of the groins, but it appears that no…
  • …1944 ft pier with stone groins.
  • Stone pear groins fit on the wall’s five…
  • …polychromium plated of the arch groins and girders in the interior.
  • …plastered and on the individual groins we can spot revealed cubiform
  • …of Cascais not to build groins to contain the sands (again,…

“groynes”

  • Groynes (some even made of stone),…
  • …elevation, and the spacing between groynes is determined according to local…
  • Deflecting groynes change the direction of flow…
  • …groyne in a group of groynes).
  • …the early 19th century when groynes of wooden poles were constructed.
  • Usually impermeable groynes are non-submerged, since flow over…
  • …hardwood slats reclaimed from coastal groynes and landfill.
  • …predominantly shipped from Norway), wooden groynes, revetments, gabions and Offshore Reefs.
  • Groynes are generally placed in groups.
  • impermeable groynes (solid groynes or rock armour…

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