gravesite
/ˈɡɹeɪvˌsaɪt/
"gravesite" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gravesite” is uncommon English (frequency #66,694 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,694
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The location of a grave.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gravesite · gravesite · English
gravesite · rank #66,694 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,694
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gratin
Nearest frequency peer: gratin (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “gravesite”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- GPC
GPC
33,310 corpus weight
- granule
granule
33,309 corpus weight
- gratin
gratin
33,308 corpus weight
- gravesite
gravesite
33,307 corpus weight
- grouch
grouch
33,305 corpus weight
- guanine
guanine
33,303 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gravesite” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gravesite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹeɪvˌsaɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gravesite” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gravesite is uncommon English at frequency #66,694 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡɹeɪvˌsaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for gravesite, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From grave + site. The correct English form is gravesite, spelled G-R-A-V-E-S-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1The location of a grave.
- 2A grave.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gravesite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The gravesites of American soldiers buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial near Margraten have been adopted by Dutch families.
Ethel Kennedy joined President Obama and former President Bill Clinton — each held one of her hands — as they climbed stairs to lay a wreath at President Kennedy’s gravesite during a November 2013 observance of the 50th anniversary of JFK’s death.
Etymology
From grave + site.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).