Which to use
“gosse” and “grosse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,492
- “gosse” frequency rank
- #981
- “grosse” frequency rank
- 5473
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gosse | grosse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enfant, garçon ou fille. | Une douzaine de douzaines. |
Where the eye mixes gosse and grosse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses gosse with grosse
A purely visual mix-up. gosse (\ɡɔs\) and grosse (\ɡʁos\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5473, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gosse is recorded at frequency rank #4,492, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɔs\. grosse is at rank #981, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁos\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 5473, this pair ranks #428,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gosse vs grosse
Shared letters: egos. Private to "gosse": -. Private to "grosse": r.
"gosse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "grosse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gosse" and "grosse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "gosse" or "grosse"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gosse" and "grosse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gosse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grosse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #428,922 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gosse" and "grosse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gods vs gosse". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #428,922 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.