en gros
[ɑ̃ˈɡʁoː]
The verdict
“en gros” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in großen Mengen
Corpus desk
Index DE-en-gros · en gros · German
en gros · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en gros |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ɑ̃ˈɡʁoː] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „en gros“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
en gros is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ɑ̃ˈɡʁoː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in großen Mengen".
No misspelling variants are generated for en gros in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is en gros, spelled E-N- -G-R-O-S.
Definition
- 1in großen Mengen
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.