graver

\ɡʁa.ve\

/\ɡʁa.ve\/ verb

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The verdict

“graver” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,957. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,957
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tracer quelque trait, quelque figure avec le burin, avec le ciseau, sur du bois, sur du cuivre, sur du marbre, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-graver · graver · French

graver · rank #21,957 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,957
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gouvernante

Nearest frequency peer: gouvernante (-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 « graver »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « graver » 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).

graver vs grève
67% similar
graver vs grove
67% similar
graver vs gravi
67% similar

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

Key facts for graver
PropertyValue
Headwordgraver
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡʁa.ve\
Letters6
Frequency rank#21,957
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « graver »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gouvernante » (#21,956), « guichets » (#21,958), « globes » (#21,955). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « graver » est au #21,957. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around graver (IPA \ɡʁa.ve\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,957 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for graver, with forms such as "garver", "ggraver", and "graevr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grève", "grove", "gravi", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is graver, spelled G-R-A-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tracer quelque trait, quelque figure avec le burin, avec le ciseau, sur du bois, sur du cuivre, sur du marbre, etc.
  2. 2
    Tracer, sur une planche de cuivre ou d’autre matière, la copie d’un tableau, d’un dessin, pour la reproduire ensuite plusieurs fois sur le papier, sur la toile, etc., par le moyen de l’impression.
  3. 3
    Façonner le poinçon avec lequel on frappe le coin d’une médaille, d’une monnaie.
  4. 4
    Façonner les poinçons avec lesquels on frappait les matrices qui servaient à fondre des caractères d’imprimerie.
  5. 5
    Imprimer fortement quelque chose dans l’esprit, dans la mémoire, etc.
  6. 6
    Écrire des données sur un disque optique tel qu’un CD, un DVD ou un blu-ray.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Rétoil, qui est marbrier au cimetière de Volvic et nous a promis à chacun sa meilleure inscription, grave en attendant dans le marbre de la cheminée: …
  2. Graver un tableau, un dessin. — graver de la musique, des exemples d’écriture, des adresses, etc.

This word in other languages

carve(English)grabar(Español)gravieren(Deutsch)gravar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garver
  • ggraver
  • graevr
  • graverr
  • gravre
  • gravver
  • grraver
  • grvaer
  • rgaver

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of graver - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

garver2ggraver1graevr2graverr1gravre2gravver1grraver1grvaer2
Edit distance from "graver"

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 "graver"?
"graver" is spelled G-R-A-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.ve\.
What does "graver" mean?
As a verb, "graver" means: Tracer quelque trait, quelque figure avec le burin, avec le ciseau, sur du bois, sur du cuivre, sur du marbre, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "graver"?
"graver" is commonly confused with "grève", "grove", "gravi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "graver"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "graver" is \ɡʁa.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "graver" come from?
"graver" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

globes#21,955guidon#21,959Hamlet#21,961foncée#21,943

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

laïques9 variantsluttant9 variantsmagnum9 variantsdynamo9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list