gravity
/ˈɡɹævɪti/
"gravity" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gravity” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #5,046 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,046
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Senses relating to seriousness.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gravity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹævɪti/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gravity” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for gravity is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡɹævɪti/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,046 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for gravity, with forms such as "garvity", "ggravity", and "graivty". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gravy", "grainy", "granite", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us Proto-Italic *gʷraus Latin gravis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin gravit… The correct English form is gravity, spelled G-R-A-V-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Senses relating to seriousness.
- 2Senses relating to seriousness.
- 3Senses relating to seriousness.
- 4Senses relating to physical qualities.
- 5Senses relating to physical qualities.
- 6Senses relating to physical qualities.
- 7Senses relating to physical qualities.
- 8Senses relating to physical qualities.
- 9Senses relating to physical qualities.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us Proto-Italic *gʷraus Latin gravis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin gravitāslbor. French gravitébor. ▲ Latin gravitāslbor. English gravity Borrowed from French gravité (“seriousness, solemnity; severity; (physics) gravity”), or from its etymon Latin gravitās (“heaviness, weight; seriousness; severity”) + English -ity (suffix forming nouns, especially abstract nouns). Gravitās is derived from gravis (“heavy; grave, serious”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- (“heavy”)) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating states of being). The English word was first used figuratively, and gained the senses relating to physical qualities in the 17th century. Doublet of gravitas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: garvity,ggravity,graivty,gravitty,gravityy,graviyt,gravtiy,gravvity,grravity,grvaity,rgavity
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gravity - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “gravity”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-A-V-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡɹævɪti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gravy” - see the side-by-side comparison. gravity vs gravy
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.