grossièrement
\ɡʁo.sjɛʁ.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“grossièrement” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #19,306 in French word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #19,306
- frequency rank, French
- 13
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - D’une manière grossière.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grossièrement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɡʁo.sjɛʁ.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #19,306 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grossièrement” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for grossièrement is 13 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁo.sjɛʁ.mɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,306 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for grossièrement, with forms such as "ggrossièrement", "gorssièrement", and "grosisèrement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is grossièrement, spelled G-R-O-S-S-I-È-R-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière grossière.
- 2D’une façon opposée à ce qu’il y a de spirituel, d’intellectuel.
- 3Avec maladresse.
- 4D’une manière qui suppose ignorance.
- 5Avec incivilité.
- 6Sommairement, imparfaitement.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggrossièrement,gorssièrement,grosisèrement,grosièrement,grossierement,grossirèement,grossièerment,grossièreemnt,grossièremennt,grossièrementt,grossièremetn,grossièremment,grossièremnet,grossièrmeent,grossièrrement,grossèirement,grrossièrement,grsosièrement,rgossièrement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grossièrement - 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.
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.
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Using “grossièrement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-O-S-S-I-È-R-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁo.sjɛʁ.mɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.