grosse

\ɡʁos\

/\ɡʁos\/ noun

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The verdict

“grosse” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #981. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#981
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Une douzaine de douzaines.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grosse · grosse · French

grosse · rank #981 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #981
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH films

Nearest frequency peer: films (-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 « grosse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grosse » 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).

grosse vs grove
67% similar
grosse vs groupe
67% similar
grosse vs grotte
67% similar

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

Key facts for grosse
PropertyValue
Headwordgrosse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁos\
Letters6
Frequency rank#981
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grosse »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.grossese 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 « films » (#980), « habitants » (#982), « Michel » (#983). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grosse » est au #981. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around grosse (IPA \ɡʁos\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #981 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for grosse, with forms such as "ggrosse", "gorsse", and "grose". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grove", "groupe", "grotte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is grosse, spelled G-R-O-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Une douzaine de douzaines.
  2. 2
    Expédition, par un notaire, d’une obligation, d’un contrat, etc., ou, par un greffier, d’un jugement, d’un arrêt, qui est délivrée en forme exécutoire et qui était ordinairement écrite en plus gros caractères que la minute. Appelée aujourd’hui dans le droit français copie exécutoire (décret du 26 novembre 1971).
  3. 3
    Écriture en gros caractères pour les copies des actes.
  4. 4
    Femme en surpoids.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une grosse de plumes.
  2. Une grosse de soie, c’est douze douzaines d’écheveaux de soie.

This word in other languages

gross(English)Ausfertigung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrosse
  • gorsse
  • grose
  • groses
  • grrosse
  • grsose
  • rgosse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grosse - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ggrosse1gorsse2grose1groses2grrosse1grsose2rgosse2
Edit distance from "grosse"

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 "grosse"?
"grosse" is spelled G-R-O-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁos\.
What does "grosse" mean?
As a noun, "grosse" means: Une douzaine de douzaines.
What words are commonly confused with "grosse"?
"grosse" is commonly confused with "grove", "groupe", "grotte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grosse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grosse" is \ɡʁos\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grosse" come from?
"grosse" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Michel#983bonnes#975rendez#987unique#990

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

vente7 variantsarrivé7 variantsgrave7 variantscourt7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list