engrosser

\ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se\

/\ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se\/ verb

The verdict

“engrosser” is uncommon French (frequency #89,676 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,676
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre une femme enceinte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-engrosser · engrosser · French

engrosser · rank #89,676 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,676
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH englués

Nearest frequency peer: englués (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « engrosser »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « engrosser » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for engrosser
PropertyValue
Headwordengrosser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se\
Letters9
Frequency rank#89,676
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « engrosser » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).engrossertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « englués » (#89,675), « engueulait » (#89,677), « enraye » (#89,678). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « engrosser » est au #89,676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

engrosser is uncommon French at frequency #89,676 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for engrosser, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is engrosser, spelled E-N-G-R-O-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre une femme enceinte.
  2. 2
    Se compléter, s'enrichir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how engrosser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Voilà vous, par exemple, vous êtes là. Est-ce que vous vous êtes fait tout seul, et n’a-t-il pas fallu que votre père ait engrossé votre mère pour vous faire ?
  2. Il lui faisait l’amour chaque soir. Ce n’était pas le verbe qu’elle employait dans sa tête, tant cette activité lui était devenue pénible : il n’était question que de l’engrosser, elle le savait bien.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "engrosser"?
"engrosser" is spelled E-N-G-R-O-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se\.
What does "engrosser" mean?
As a verb, "engrosser" means: Rendre une femme enceinte.
How do you pronounce "engrosser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "engrosser" is \ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "engrosser" come from?
"engrosser" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "engrosser", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list