Which to use
“grosse” is a noun and “grossi” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #981
- “grosse” frequency rank
- #22,287
- “grossi” frequency rank
- 23268
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grosse | grossi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Une douzaine de douzaines. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe grossir. |
Where the eye mixes grosse and grossi
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. grosse and grossi follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: grosse vs grossi
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grosse is \ɡʁos\ while grossi is \ɡʁo.si\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “grosse” becomes i in “grossi”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23268, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grosse is recorded at frequency rank #981, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁos\. grossi is at rank #22,287, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɡʁo.si\.
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 23268, this pair ranks #353,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grosse vs grossi
Shared letters: gors. Private to "grosse": e. Private to "grossi": i.
"grosse" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "grossi" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grosse" and "grossi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "grosse" or "grossi" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "grosse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grossi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grosse" and "grossi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grossi 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 #353,467 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.