grosso-modo
\ɡʁo.so.mɔ.do\
The verdict
“grosso-modo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En gros, sans entrer dans le détail
Corpus desk
Index FR-grosso-modo · grosso-modo · French
grosso-modo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grosso-modo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɡʁo.so.mɔ.do\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
grosso-modo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɡʁo.so.mɔ.do\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En gros, sans entrer dans le détail".
No generated misspelling entries exist for grosso-modo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grosso-modo, spelled G-R-O-S-S-O---M-O-D-O.
Definition
- 1En gros, sans entrer dans le détail
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how grosso-modo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Montrez-nous cela grosso-modo.
This word in other languages
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