Which to use
“grosses” is an adjective and “grossesse” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,367
- “grosses” frequency rank
- #5,665
- “grossesse” frequency rank
- 8032
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grosses | grossesse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de gros. | État d’une femme enceinte ou durée de cet état. |
Where the eye mixes grosses and grossesse
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: grosses vs grossesse
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grosses is \ɡʁos\ while grossesse is \ɡʁo.sɛs\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “grosses” sits inside “grossesse”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8032, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grosses is recorded at frequency rank #2,367, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁos\. grossesse is at rank #5,665, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁo.sɛs\.
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 8032, this pair ranks #421,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grosses vs grossesse
Shared letters: egors. Private to "grosses": -. Private to "grossesse": -.
"grosses" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "grossesse" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grosses" and "grossesse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "grosses" or "grossesse" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "grosses" and "grossesse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grosses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grossesse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #421,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grosses" and "grossesse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grosses 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 #421,342 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.