grossir

\ɡʁɔ.siʁ\

/\ɡʁɔ.siʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“grossir” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,790. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,790
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre gros, plus ample, plus volumineux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grossir · grossir · French

grossir · rank #12,790 · 9 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,790
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gouverneurs

Nearest frequency peer: gouverneurs (-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 « grossir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grossir » 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).

grossir vs grosso
71% similar
grossir vs grossit
86% similar
grossir vs grossis
86% similar

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

Key facts for grossir
PropertyValue
Headwordgrossir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡʁɔ.siʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#12,790
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grossir »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).grossirse 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 « gouverneurs » (#12,789), « guilde » (#12,791), « gouffre » (#12,788). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grossir » est au #12,790. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around grossir (IPA \ɡʁɔ.siʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,790 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for grossir, with forms such as "ggrossir", "gorssir", and "grosir". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "grosso", "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 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 grossir, spelled G-R-O-S-S-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre gros, plus ample, plus volumineux.
  2. 2
    Faire paraître plus gros.
  3. 3
    Exagérer.
  4. 4
    Devenir gros.
  5. 5
    Prendre du poids.
  6. 6
    Forcir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle a un manteau qui lui grossit la taille.
  2. Les pluies ont grossi la rivière.

This word in other languages

fatten(English)aumentar(Español)avolumar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrossir
  • gorssir
  • grosir
  • grosisr
  • grossirr
  • grossri
  • grrossir
  • grsosir
  • rgossir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ggrossir1gorssir2grosir1grosisr2grossirr1grossri2grrossir1grsosir2
Edit distance from "grossir"

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 "grossir"?
"grossir" is spelled G-R-O-S-S-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁɔ.siʁ\.
What does "grossir" mean?
As a verb, "grossir" means: Rendre gros, plus ample, plus volumineux.
What words are commonly confused with "grossir"?
"grossir" is commonly confused with "grosso", "grossit", "grossis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grossir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grossir" is \ɡʁɔ.siʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grossir" come from?
"grossir" 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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

gouffre#12,788fluides#12,784lyrique#12,807mentaux#12,811

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fermez9 variantsessayait9 variantsEdmond9 variantsdonnerai9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list