grosses

\ɡʁos\

/\ɡʁos\/ adj

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The verdict

“grosses” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,367. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,367
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de gros.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grosses · grosses · French

grosses · rank #2,367 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,367
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH George

Nearest frequency peer: George (-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 « grosses »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grosses » 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).

grosses vs grosso
71% similar
grosses vs grossi
71% similar
grosses vs groupes
71% similar

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

Key facts for grosses
PropertyValue
Headwordgrosses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁos\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,367
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grosses »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.grossesse 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 « George » (#2,366), « impôts » (#2,368), « fier » (#2,365). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grosses » est au #2,367. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around grosses (IPA \ɡʁos\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,367 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de gros.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for grosses, with forms such as "ggrosses", "gorsses", and "grosess". 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, "grosso", "grossi", "groupes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 grosses, spelled G-R-O-S-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de gros.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Visualisez un fermier au cou épais et aux grosses mains rudes, marchant lentement dans un champ de maïs, par une chaude journée d’été.
  2. Hélas ! toutes ces recettes destinées aux blanches fluettes (pas aux grosses) ont peu de chances de réapparaître sur les cartes puisque la mode n’est pas de cuisiner mais de décuisiner.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrosses
  • gorsses
  • grosess
  • grossess
  • grossse
  • grrosses
  • grsoses
  • rgosses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grosses - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ggrosses1gorsses2grosess2grossess1grossse2grrosses1grsoses2rgosses2
Edit distance from "grosses"

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 "grosses"?
"grosses" is spelled G-R-O-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁos\.
What does "grosses" mean?
As an adjective, "grosses" means: Féminin pluriel de gros.
What words are commonly confused with "grosses"?
"grosses" is commonly confused with "grosso", "grossi", "groupes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grosses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grosses" is \ɡʁos\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grosses" come from?
"grosses" 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 "grosses", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

italien#2,369déteste#2,363dispose#2,360Patrick#2,375

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

George8 variantsorient8 variantssacré8 variantsvenait8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list