être grosse
\ɛtʁ ɡʁos\
The verdict
“être grosse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être enceinte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-etre-grosse · être grosse · French
être grosse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ê" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | être grosse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛtʁ ɡʁos\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
être grosse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛtʁ ɡʁos\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être enceinte.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for être grosse in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is être grosse, spelled Ê-T-R-E- -G-R-O-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Être enceinte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how être grosse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ma mère, avant d’être grosse de moi, a donné naissance à un enfant mort.
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.