grossir

/\ɡʁɔ.siʁ\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,790

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

grossir is aFrenchverb. It means: Rendre gros, plus ample, plus volumineux. Pronounced \ɡʁɔ.siʁ\. Often confused with grosso and grossit.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for grossir is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁɔ.siʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,790 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for grossir, with forms such as "ggrossir", "gorssir", and "grosir". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "grosso", "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 grossir, spelled G-R-O-S-S-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggrossir,gorssir,grosir,grosisr,grossirr,grossri,grrossir,grsosir,rgossir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grossir

Misspelling Variants of "grossir"

ggrossir8gorssir7grosir6grosisr7grossirr8grossri7grrossir8grsosir7
Misspelling Variants of "grossir"

Frequency rank: #12,790 in French

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. 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.