grosse machine
\ɡʁɔs ma.ʃin\
The verdict
“grosse machine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Production à gros budget, dont l’ambition semble surtout commerciale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grosse machine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɔs ma.ʃin\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grosse machine” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
grosse machine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡʁɔs ma.ʃin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Production à gros budget, dont l’ambition semble surtout commerciale.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grosse machine, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 grosse machine, spelled G-R-O-S-S-E- -M-A-C-H-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Production à gros budget, dont l’ambition semble surtout commerciale.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “grosse machine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-O-S-S-E- -M-A-C-H-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁɔs ma.ʃin\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.