# grease vs grosse

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### grease
*noun · IPA /ɡɹis/ · frequency rank #10,855*
Animal fat in a melted or soft state.

### grosse
*noun · frequency rank #41,160*
Obsolete spelling of gross.

## Source
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