grosbeak
/ˈɡɹoʊz.biːk/
"grosbeak" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grosbeak” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill
Corpus desk
Index EN-grosbeak · grosbeak · English
grosbeak · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grosbeak |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹoʊz.biːk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “grosbeak” in English
Rare enough to double-check
grosbeak is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡɹoʊz.biːk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grosbeak, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: A partial calque of French gros-bec, gros (“big”) + bec (“beak”). The correct English form is grosbeak, spelled G-R-O-S-B-E-A-K.
Definition
- 1Any of several finches and cardinals that have a large, powerful bill
Etymology
A partial calque of French gros-bec, gros (“big”) + bec (“beak”).
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.