Grosses

/[ˈɡʁɔsəs]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,110

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Grosses is aGermannoun. It means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gros Pronounced [ˈɡʁɔsəs]. It ranks #1,110 in German word frequency. Often confused with Grosse and grobes.

Key facts for Grosses
PropertyValue
HeadwordGrosses
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡʁɔsəs]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,110
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Grosses in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Grosses is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡʁɔsəs]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,110 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gros".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Grosses, with forms such as "ggrosses", "gorsses", and "grosess". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Grosse", "grobes", "Grossen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Grosses, spelled G-R-O-S-S-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gros

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggrosses,gorsses,grosess,grossess,grossse,großes,grrosses,grsoses,rgosses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Grosses

Misspelling Variants of "Grosses"

ggrosses8gorsses7grosess7grossess8grossse7großes6grrosses8grsoses7
Misspelling Variants of "Grosses"

Frequency rank: #1,110 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Grosses"?
"Grosses" is spelled G-R-O-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁɔsəs].
What does "Grosses" mean?
As a noun, "Grosses" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gros
What words are commonly confused with "Grosses"?
"Grosses" is commonly confused with "Grosse", "grobes", "Grossen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Grosses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Grosses" is [ˈɡʁɔsəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Grosses" come from?
"Grosses" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.