Which to use
“grossir” and “grossit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,790
- “grossir” frequency rank
- #26,386
- “grossit” frequency rank
- 39176
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grossir | grossit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre gros, plus ample, plus volumineux. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de grossir. |
Where the eye mixes grossir and grossit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. grossir and grossit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses grossir with grossit
A purely visual mix-up. grossir (\ɡʁɔ.siʁ\) and grossit (\ɡʁo.si\) 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 - r in “grossir” becomes t in “grossit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39176, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grossir is recorded at frequency rank #12,790, classified as averb, pronounced \ɡʁɔ.siʁ\. grossit is at rank #26,386, 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 39176, this pair ranks #249,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grossir vs grossit
Shared letters: giors. Private to "grossir": -. Private to "grossit": t.
"grossir" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "grossit" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grossir" for "grossit" ever safe?
Which is more common, "grossir" or "grossit"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "grossir" and "grossit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grossir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grossit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #249,934 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grossir" and "grossit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grossis vs grossit". 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 #249,934 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.