gravéolent

\ɡʁa.ve.ɔ.lɑ̃\

/\ɡʁa.ve.ɔ.lɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“gravéolent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a une odeur forte, qui sent mauvais.

Corpus desk

Index FR-graveolent · gravéolent · French

gravéolent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for gravéolent
PropertyValue
Headwordgravéolent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁa.ve.ɔ.lɑ̃\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gravéolent » en français

gravéolentsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gravéolent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁa.ve.ɔ.lɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui a une odeur forte, qui sent mauvais.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for gravéolent in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gravéolent, spelled G-R-A-V-É-O-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a une odeur forte, qui sent mauvais.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Celui-ci doit être de bonne qualité, car le savon noir, dont on se sert dans le Nord, et pour les pauvres gens, en France, imprime au linge avec lequel il a été lavé, une odeur désagréable, gravéolente, et devient souvent la cause d’une éruption à la peau.
  2. Le meilleur opium est celui qui est dense, lourd, gravéolent, amer, qui se dissout promptement dans l’eau, qui est blanc, lisse, ni grossier ni grumelé, qui ne se prend pas dans l’eau comme le fait la cire, qui se fond quand on l’expose au soleil, qui, approché d’une lampe et allumé, s’enflamme sans répandre de fumée, qui conserve encore une odeur vive un…

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gravéolent"?
"gravéolent" is spelled G-R-A-V-É-O-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.ve.ɔ.lɑ̃\.
What does "gravéolent" mean?
As an adjective, "gravéolent" means: Qui a une odeur forte, qui sent mauvais.
How do you pronounce "gravéolent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gravéolent" is \ɡʁa.ve.ɔ.lɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gravéolent" come from?
"gravéolent" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list