graver
/ˈɡɹeɪ.və(ɹ)/
"graver" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“graver” is uncommon English (frequency #69,088 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,088
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - a burin
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | graver |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹeɪ.və(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “graver” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
graver is uncommon English at frequency #69,088 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡɹeɪ.və(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
graver has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English gravere, graver, gravoure, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) + -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari. The correct English form is graver, spelled G-R-A-V-E-R.
Definition
- 1a burin
- 2a carver, sculptor, or engraver
Etymology
From Middle English gravere, graver, gravoure, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) + -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “graver”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-A-V-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.