Which to use
“grosse” and “grosseur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #981
- “grosse” frequency rank
- #29,372
- “grosseur” frequency rank
- 30353
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grosse | grosseur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Une douzaine de douzaines. | État de ce qui est gros. |
Where the eye mixes grosse and grosseur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between grosse and grosseur
A purely visual mix-up. grosse (\ɡʁos\) and grosseur (\ɡʁɔ.sœʁ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “grosse” sits inside “grosseur”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30353, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grosse is recorded at frequency rank #981, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁos\. grosseur is at rank #29,372, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɔ.sœʁ\.
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 30353, this pair ranks #310,906 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grosse vs grosseur
Shared letters: egors. Private to "grosse": -. Private to "grosseur": u.
"grosse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "grosseur" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grosse" and "grosseur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "grosse" or "grosseur"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "grosse" and "grosseur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grosse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grosseur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,906 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grosse" and "grosseur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grosse vs grossis". 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 #310,906 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.