grassement

\ɡʁɑs.mɑ̃\

/\ɡʁɑs.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“grassement” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,821. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,821
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fort à l’aise.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grassement · grassement · French

grassement · rank #39,821 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,821
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gratification

Nearest frequency peer: gratification (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « grassement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « grassement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grassement vs gravement
80% similar
grassement vs grandement
80% similar
grassement vs glissement
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grassement
PropertyValue
Headwordgrassement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ɡʁɑs.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#39,821
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grassement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).grassementse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gratification » (#39,822), « gouache » (#39,819), « Guérande » (#39,823). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grassement » est au #39,821. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around grassement (IPA \ɡʁɑs.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #39,821 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for grassement, with forms such as "garssement", "ggrassement", and "grasement". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "gravement", "grandement", "glissement", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is grassement, spelled G-R-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fort à l’aise.
  2. 2
    Largement, sans lésiner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Toute une organisation formidable d’écumeurs et d’inutiles, vivant grassement, tripatouillant, combinant, s’enrichissant, sans produire quoi que ce fût d’utile.
  2. S’il [le duc d’Orléans] était homme à avoir besoin de gagner sa vie, il aurait cinq ou six moyens différents de la gagner grassement.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garssement
  • ggrassement
  • grasement
  • grasesment
  • grasseemnt
  • grassemennt
  • grassementt
  • grassemetn
  • grassemment
  • grassemnet
  • grassmeent
  • grrassement
  • grsasement
  • rgassement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grassement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

garssement2ggrassement1grasement1grasesment2grasseemnt2grassemennt1grassementt1grassemetn2
Edit distance from "grassement"

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 "grassement"?
"grassement" is spelled G-R-A-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɑs.mɑ̃\.
What does "grassement" mean?
As an adverb, "grassement" means: Fort à l’aise.
What words are commonly confused with "grassement"?
"grassement" is commonly confused with "gravement", "grandement", "glissement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grassement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grassement" is \ɡʁɑs.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grassement" come from?
"grassement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list