Which to use
“grasses” and “grosses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,764
- “grasses” frequency rank
- #2,367
- “grosses” frequency rank
- 21131
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grasses | grosses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de gras. | Féminin pluriel de gros. |
Where the eye mixes grasses and grosses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. grasses and grosses follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: grasses vs grosses
A purely visual mix-up. grasses (\ɡʁas\) and grosses (\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 a single letter - a in “grasses” becomes o in “grosses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grasses is recorded at frequency rank #18,764, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁas\. grosses is at rank #2,367, tagged as anadj, 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 21131, this pair ranks #364,694 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grasses vs grosses
Shared letters: egrs. Private to "grasses": a. Private to "grosses": o.
"grasses" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "grosses" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grasses" and "grosses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "grasses" or "grosses"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "grasses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grosses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #364,694 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grasses" and "grosses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "graisser vs grasses". 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 #364,694 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.