gravement

\ɡʁav.mɑ̃\

/\ɡʁav.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“gravement” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,445. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,445
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avec gravité ; d’une manière composée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gravement · gravement · French

gravement · rank #7,445 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,445
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grise

Nearest frequency peer: grise (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gravement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gravement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gravement vs gravitent
78% similar
gravement vs grièvement
80% similar
gravement vs gaiement
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gravement
PropertyValue
Headwordgravement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ɡʁav.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,445
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gravement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gravementse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « grise » (#7,446), « hormis » (#7,447), « fournisseur » (#7,442). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gravement » est au #7,445. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around gravement (IPA \ɡʁav.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #7,445 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for gravement, with forms such as "garvement", "ggravement", and "graevment". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "gravitent", "grièvement", "gaiement", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gravement, spelled G-R-A-V-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avec gravité ; d’une manière composée.
  2. 2
    Dangereusement, d’une manière à entraîner de fâcheuses conséquences.
  3. 3
    Il indique un mouvement lent, mais moins lent que le mouvement indiqué par lentement. On dit et on écrit plus ordinairement grave en italien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gravement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ses doigts tordaient et retordaient une fibre imaginaire qu'il simulait de nouer gravement.
  2. Les hommes jouent gravement aux boules et se passionnent pour le foteballe ; ils prennent l'apéritif par habitude, rejoints par ceux qui le font par snobisme.

This word in other languages

gravely(English)schwer(Deutsch)gravemente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garvement
  • ggravement
  • graevment
  • graveemnt
  • gravemennt
  • gravementt
  • gravemetn
  • gravemment
  • gravemnet
  • gravmeent
  • gravvement
  • grravement
  • grvaement
  • rgavement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gravement - 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.

garvement2ggravement1graevment2graveemnt2gravemennt1gravementt1gravemetn2gravemment1
Edit distance from "gravement"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gravement"?
"gravement" is spelled G-R-A-V-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁav.mɑ̃\.
What does "gravement" mean?
As an adverb, "gravement" means: Avec gravité ; d’une manière composée.
What words are commonly confused with "gravement"?
"gravement" is commonly confused with "gravitent", "grièvement", "gaiement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gravement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gravement" is \ɡʁav.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gravement" come from?
"gravement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gravement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

impériale#7,450injection#7,451isolement#7,453Elizabeth#7,434

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

fournisseur14 variantslogistique14 variantsmonastère14 variantsmédicales14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list