grossier

\ɡʁo.sje\

/\ɡʁo.sje\/ adj

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The verdict

“grossier” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,180
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas fin, qui n’est pas délicat.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grossier · grossier · French

grossier · rank #13,180 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,180
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gravures

Nearest frequency peer: gravures (-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 « grossier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grossier » 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).

grossier vs grossir
88% similar
grossier vs grossit
75% similar
grossier vs grossis
75% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grossier »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).grossierse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gravures » (#13,179), « habituelles » (#13,181), « gendre » (#13,178). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grossier » est au #13,180. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around grossier (IPA \ɡʁo.sje\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,180 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for grossier, with forms such as "ggrossier", "gorssier", and "grosier". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "grossir", "grossit", "grossis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is grossier, spelled G-R-O-S-S-I-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les pois mûrs & secs sont un des légumes qui fournissent la purée la plus délicate, & l’aliment le moins grossier.
  2. Leur costume consistait en une grossière vareuse de laine noire connue dans tous les pays scandinaves sous le nom de « vadmel », un chapeau à vastes bords, un pantalon à lisère rouge et un morceau de cuir replié en manière de chaussure.

Antonyms

raffiné

This word in other languages

crude(English)crudo(Español)barsch(Deutsch)agreste(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrossier
  • gorssier
  • grosier
  • grosiser
  • grosseir
  • grossierr
  • grossire
  • grrossier
  • grsosier
  • rgossier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ggrossier1gorssier2grosier1grosiser2grosseir2grossierr1grossire2grrossier1
Edit distance from "grossier"

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 "grossier"?
"grossier" is spelled G-R-O-S-S-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁo.sje\.
What does "grossier" mean?
As an adjective, "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

gravures#13,179fascisme#13,171exprimée#13,168défendue#13,160

Similar misspelling depth

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

espions10 variantsmasquer10 variantsparcelle10 variantsplants10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list