Which to use
“grossed” is a verb and “grosser” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,286
- “grossed” frequency rank
- #49,370
- “grosser” frequency rank
- 72656
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grossed | grosser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of gross | comparative form of gross: more gross |
Letter map: grossed vs grosser
Shared letters muted; letters that set grossed and grosser apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. grossed and grosser follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for grossed / grosser
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: grossed is averb and grosseranadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “grossed” becomes r in “grosser”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72656, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grossed is recorded at frequency rank #23,286, classified as averb. 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 72656, this pair ranks #42,322 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grossed vs grosser
Shared letters: egors. Private to "grossed": d. Private to "grosser": -.
"grossed" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "grosser" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grossed" and "grosser" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "grossed" or "grosser"?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "grossed" 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 #42,322 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grossed" 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 #42,322 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.