Which to use
“gousse” and “grosse” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,314
- “gousse” frequency rank
- #981
- “grosse” frequency rank
- 42295
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gousse | grosse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit sec, dépourvu de cloison, à deux valves, garnies chacune d’une rangée de graines, et avec deux fentes de déhiscence (mot utilisé notamment pour les fruits des légumineuses). | Une douzaine de douzaines. |
Where the eye mixes gousse and grosse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. gousse (CVVCCV) and grosse (CCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses gousse with grosse
A purely visual mix-up. gousse (\ɡus\) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gousse is recorded at frequency rank #41,314, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡus\. 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 42295, this pair ranks #226,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gousse vs grosse
Shared letters: egos. Private to "gousse": u. Private to "grosse": r.
"gousse" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "grosse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "gousse" and "grosse" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "gousse" or "grosse" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gousse" and "grosse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gousse" 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 #226,695 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gousse" and "grosse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gauss vs gousse". 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 #226,695 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.