groß
\ɡʀoːs\
The verdict
“groß” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand, vaste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gro · groß · French
groß · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | groß |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʀoːs\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
groß is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʀoːs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.
groß has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is groß, spelled G-R-O-S-S.
Definition
- 1Grand, vaste.
- 2Grand, suit directement une indication de surface.
- 3Grosse (chaleur, canicule).
- 4Grand.
- 5Haut, caractérise la taille d’une personne.
- 6Fort, qui a un haut degré, frappant.
- 7Ample.
- 8Haut.
- 9Beaucoup de.
- 10Qui aime (une activité).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how groß appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieses Haus ist groß.
Jakutien ist die flächenmäßig größte russische Region, offiziell heißt sie Republik Sacha, trotz ihrer Größe leben dort nur etwa eine Million Menschen.
Antonyms
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.