grossesse

\ɡʁo.sɛs\

/\ɡʁo.sɛs\/ noun

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“grossesse” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,665. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,665
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’une femme enceinte ou durée de cet état.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grossesse · grossesse · French

grossesse · rank #5,665 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,665
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grandeur

Nearest frequency peer: grandeur (-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 « grossesse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grossesse » 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).

grossesse vs grossiste
78% similar
grossesse vs grossesses
90% similar
grossesse vs grosses
78% similar

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

Key facts for grossesse
PropertyValue
Headwordgrossesse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁo.sɛs\
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,665
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grossesse »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).grossessese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « grandeur » (#5,664), « incluant » (#5,667), « gamins » (#5,662). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grossesse » est au #5,665. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around grossesse (IPA \ɡʁo.sɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,665 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "État d’une femme enceinte ou durée de cet état.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for grossesse, with forms such as "ggrossesse", "gorssesse", and "grosesse". 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, "grossiste", "grossesses", "grosses", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grossesse, spelled G-R-O-S-S-E-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État d’une femme enceinte ou durée de cet état.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il considérait la reproduction comme un vice de l’amour, la grossesse comme une maladie d’araignée. Il a écrit quelque part : les anges sont hermaphrodites et stériles.
  2. Quelle que soit l’époque de la grossesse à laquelle on examine le ventre par la plessimétrie, on trouve presque toujours que très en dehors, une étendue plus ou moins grande des régions iliaques est occupée par le cœcum et par l’S iliaque.

Synonyms

gestation

This word in other languages

pregnancy(English)embarazo(Español)Schwangerschaft(Deutsch)gravidez(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrossesse
  • gorssesse
  • grosesse
  • grosessse
  • grossese
  • grosseses
  • grosssese
  • grrossesse
  • grsosesse
  • rgossesse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grossesse - 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.

ggrossesse1gorssesse2grosesse1grosessse2grossese1grosseses2grosssese2grrossesse1
Edit distance from "grossesse"

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 "grossesse"?
"grossesse" is spelled G-R-O-S-S-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁo.sɛs\.
What does "grossesse" mean?
As a noun, "grossesse" means: État d’une femme enceinte ou durée de cet état.
What words are commonly confused with "grossesse"?
"grossesse" is commonly confused with "grossiste", "grossesses", "grosses". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grossesse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grossesse" is \ɡʁo.sɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grossesse" come from?
"grossesse" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

espérance#5,657créatures#5,650offensive#5,684cigarette#5,643

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

fichier10 variantsoccupent10 variantsparquet10 variantsbrûler10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list