Grosse
[ˈɡʁɔsə]
The verdict
“Grosse” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #259. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #259
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gros
Corpus desk
Index DE-grosse · Grosse · German
Grosse · rank #259 · 8 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #259
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Paar
Nearest frequency peer: Paar (-1 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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Grosse“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- jedoch
jedoch
99,745 corpus weight
- klar
klar
99,744 corpus weight
- Paar
Paar
99,743 corpus weight
- Grosse
Grosse
99,742 corpus weight
- Grossen
Grossen
99,741 corpus weight
- liegt
liegt
99,740 corpus weight
What this shows „Grosse“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grosse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁɔsə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #259 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Grosse“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Grosse (IPA [ˈɡʁɔsə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #259 among 5,117 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Grosse, with forms such as "ggrosse", "gorsse", and "grose". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "grove", "Grotte", "Grossen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Grosse, spelled G-R-O-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Gros
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Gros
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Gros
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggrosse
- gorsse
- grose
- groses
- große
- grrosse
- grsose
- rgosse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Grosse - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Grosse", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).