Which to use
“grocer” is a noun and “grosser” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,573
- “grocer” frequency rank
- #49,370
- “grosser” frequency rank
- 77943
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grocer | grosser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A person who retails groceries (foodstuffs and household items) from a grocery. | comparative form of gross: more gross |
Letter map: grocer vs grosser
Shared letters muted; letters that set grocer and grosser apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. grocer runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against grosser's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - grocer and grosser
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grocer is anoun and grosseranadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77943, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grocer is recorded at frequency rank #28,573, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɡɹəʊ.sə/. grosser is at rank #49,370, tagged as anadj.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 77943, this pair ranks #25,912 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grocer vs grosser
Shared letters: egor. Private to "grocer": c. Private to "grosser": s.
"grocer" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "grosser" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "grocer" vs "grosser" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "grocer" and "grosser". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "grocer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grosser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,912 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grocer" and "grosser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grasse vs grosser". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #25,912 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.