diff --git a/src/symbols.jl b/src/symbols.jl
index 7989fdc..dd766ff 100644
--- a/src/symbols.jl
+++ b/src/symbols.jl
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ function (==)(s::GSymbol, t::GSymbol)
 end
 
 Base.convert(::Type{GS}, s::GSymbol) where GS<:GSymbol = GS(s.id, s.pow)
+Base.convert(::Type{GS}, s::GS) where GS<:GSymbol = s
diff --git a/src/types.jl b/src/types.jl
index 320b04f..1de0a34 100644
--- a/src/types.jl
+++ b/src/types.jl
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ mutable struct GroupWord{T} <: GWord{T}
     savedhash::UInt
     parent::Group
 
-    function GroupWord{T}(symbols::Vector{<:GSymbol}) where T
+    function GroupWord{T}(symbols::AbstractVector{<:GSymbol}) where T
        return new{T}(symbols, true, zero(UInt))
     end
+    GroupWord(v::AbstractVector{T}) where T<:GSymbol = GroupWord{T}(v)
+    GroupWord{T}(s::GSymbol) where T<:GSymbol = GroupWord{T}(T[s])
+    GroupWord(s::T) where T<:GSymbol = GroupWord{T}(s)
 end
diff --git a/src/words.jl b/src/words.jl
index ab08337..9ef7383 100644
--- a/src/words.jl
+++ b/src/words.jl
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ Base.@propagate_inbounds function Base.getindex(w::GWord, i::Integer)
 end
 
 # no setindex! for syllable based words
+
+Base.convert(::Type{GW}, s::GSymbol) where GW <: GWord = GW(s)