Gravesend
/ˌɡreɪvzˈɛnd/
"gravesend" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Gravesend” is uncommon English (frequency #50,542 among 18,276 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,542
- frequency rank, English
- 18,276
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An ancient town situated on the Thames Estuary in north-west Kent, England, and the administrative centre of Gravesham borough (OS grid ref TQ6474).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gravesend |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌɡreɪvzˈɛnd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gravesend” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gravesend is uncommon English at frequency #50,542 among 18,276 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌɡreɪvzˈɛnd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Gravesend doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is Gravesend, spelled G-R-A-V-E-S-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1An ancient town situated on the Thames Estuary in north-west Kent, England, and the administrative centre of Gravesham borough (OS grid ref TQ6474).
- 2A locality in the Gwydir council area and the Moree Plains council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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 “Gravesend”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-A-V-E-S-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌɡreɪvzˈɛnd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.