grosso merdo
\ɡʁo.so mɛʁ.do\
The verdict
“grosso merdo” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grosso modo, en gros, dans les grandes lignes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grosso merdo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɡʁo.so mɛʁ.do\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grosso merdo” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for grosso merdo is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁo.so mɛʁ.do\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Grosso modo, en gros, dans les grandes lignes.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for grosso merdo, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is grosso merdo, spelled G-R-O-S-S-O- -M-E-R-D-O.
Definition
- 1Grosso modo, en gros, dans les grandes lignes.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "grosso merdo"?
What does "grosso merdo" mean?
How do you pronounce "grosso merdo"?
What language does "grosso merdo" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “grosso merdo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-O-S-S-O- -M-E-R-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁo.so mɛʁ.do\ (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.