grossier

/\ɡʁo.sje\/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,180

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

grossier is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui n’est pas fin, qui n’est pas délicat. Pronounced \ɡʁo.sje\. Often confused with grossir and grossit.

Key facts for grossier
PropertyValue
Headwordgrossier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ɡʁo.sje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,180
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of grossier in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for grossier is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁo.sje\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,180 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for grossier, with forms such as "ggrossier", "gorssier", and "grosier". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "grossir", "grossit", "grossis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is grossier, spelled G-R-O-S-S-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’est pas fin, qui n’est pas délicat.
  2. 2
    Qui n’est pas fait avec délicatesse, avec soin.
  3. 3
    Qui a de la rudesse, qui manque de culture, d’éducation.
  4. 4
    Malhonnête, incivil.
  5. 5
    Ce qui suppose beaucoup d’ignorance, de sottise, de déraison ou de maladresse.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggrossier,gorssier,grosier,grosiser,grosseir,grossierr,grossire,grrossier,grsosier,rgossier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grossier

Misspelling Variants of "grossier"

ggrossier9gorssier8grosier7grosiser8grosseir8grossierr9grossire8grrossier9
Misspelling Variants of "grossier"

Frequency rank: #13,180 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grossier"?
"grossier" is spelled G-R-O-S-S-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁo.sje\.
What does "grossier" mean?
As an adj, "grossier" means: Qui n’est pas fin, qui n’est pas délicat.
What words are commonly confused with "grossier"?
"grossier" is commonly confused with "grossir", "grossit", "grossis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grossier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grossier" is \ɡʁo.sje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grossier" come from?
"grossier" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.