Grosses
[ˈɡʁɔsəs]
The verdict
“Grosses” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #1,110 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,110
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gros
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 | Grosses |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡʁɔsəs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,110 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Grosses” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Grosses is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Grosses, with forms such as "ggrosses", "gorsses", and "grosess". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Grosse", "grobes", "Grossen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Grosses, spelled G-R-O-S-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gros
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggrosses,gorsses,grosess,grossess,grossse,großes,grrosses,grsoses,rgosses
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Grosses - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “Grosses”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-O-S-S-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɡʁɔsəs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Grosse” - see the side-by-side comparison. Grosses vs Grosse
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.