# gravy

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡɹeɪvi/ · frequency rank #15,418

## Definitions
1. A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.
2. A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked.
3. Sauce used for pasta.
4. Curry sauce.
5. Unearned gain; extra benefit.

## Etymology
From Middle English gravey, greavie, gravy; probably from greaves, graves (“the sediment of melted tallow”), or from Old French grave, a claimed misspelling of grané (“stew, spice”), from grain (“spice”).
Sense of "pasta sauce" apparently seems to be from Italian dialect, especially Calabrian, differentiating tomato puree (salsa (“sauce”)) from cooked tomato sauce (sugo).

## Easily confused with
- **grey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gravy-vs-grey)
- **gray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gravy-vs-gray)
- **grove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gravy-vs-grove)
- **graze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gravy-vs-graze)
- **grays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gravy-vs-grays)
- **grimy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gravy-vs-grimy)
- **guava** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gravy-vs-guava)
- **greasy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gravy-vs-greasy)
- **groovy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gravy-vs-groovy)
- **Gay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gay-vs-gravy)
- **gave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gave-vs-gravy)
- **grab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grab-vs-gravy)
- **Gary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gary-vs-gravy)
- **gram** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gram-vs-gravy)
- **grad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grad-vs-gravy)
- **gran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gran-vs-gravy)
- **Gras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gras-vs-gravy)
- **Graf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/graf-vs-gravy)
- **Gaby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaby-vs-gravy)
- **grand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grand-vs-gravy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`garvy`, `ggravy`, `gravvy`, `gravyy`, `grayv`, `grravy`, `grvay`, `rgavy`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gravy