# gross vs group

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### gross
*adjective · IPA /ɡɹəʊs/ · frequency rank #3,305*
Highly or conspicuously offensive.

### group
*noun · IPA /ɡɹuːp/ · frequency rank #241*
A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gross-vs-group