grave

/[ˈgɾaβ̞e]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,637

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

grave is anSpanishadj. It means: De gran importancia o con consecuencias serias. Pronounced [ˈgɾaβ̞e]. It ranks #1,637 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with gray and gripe.

Key facts for grave
PropertyValue
Headwordgrave
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈgɾaβ̞e]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,637
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of grave in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for grave is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgɾaβ̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,637 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for grave, with forms such as "garve", "ggrave", and "graev". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gray", "gripe", "grité", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is grave, spelled G-R-A-V-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    De gran importancia o con consecuencias serias.
  2. 2
    Que tiene peso, que está sometido a la gravedad.
  3. 3
    Con actitud o comportamiento serio, reflexivo, solemne y que inspira respeto.
  4. 4
    Se dice del estilo que manifiesta solemnidad y decoro.
  5. 5
    Se dice del sonido hueco y bajo por contraposición al agudo.
  6. 6
    Dicho de una palabra, que su acento prosódico recae en la penúltima sílaba.
  7. 7
    Que requiere esfuerzo o presenta obstáculos.
  8. 8
    Dicho de una enfermedad o condición, que se manifiesta de forma muy intensa, a menudo a riesgo de perder la vida.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garve,ggrave,graev,gravve,grrave,grvae,rgave

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grave

Misspelling Variants of "grave"

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Misspelling Variants of "grave"

Frequency rank: #1,637 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grave"?
"grave" is spelled G-R-A-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgɾaβ̞e].
What does "grave" mean?
As an adj, "grave" means: De gran importancia o con consecuencias serias.
What words are commonly confused with "grave"?
"grave" is commonly confused with "gray", "gripe", "grité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grave"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grave" is [ˈgɾaβ̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grave" come from?
"grave" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.