gravier

/\ɡʁa.vje\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,848

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gravier is aFrenchnoun. It means: Roche détritique à éléments assez gros (sables grossiers et cailloux), d’origine fluviatile ou littorale. Pronounced \ɡʁa.vje\. Often confused with gravir and gravit.

Key facts for gravier
PropertyValue
Headwordgravier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁa.vje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,848
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of gravier in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gravier is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁa.vje\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,848 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for gravier, with forms such as "garvier", "ggravier", and "graiver". 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, "gravir", "gravit", "gravité", 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 French form is gravier, spelled G-R-A-V-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Roche détritique à éléments assez gros (sables grossiers et cailloux), d’origine fluviatile ou littorale.
  2. 2
    Ensemble de petits cailloux servant au revêtement des allées, dans un jardin, etc.
  3. 3
    Pierres concassées, de diamètres de 0,5 à 4 cm, servant au revêtement des chemins carrossables non asphaltés, et au remplissage de volumes pour lesquels on désire que l’écoulement d’eau soit maximal.
  4. 4
    Concrétions assez grosses analogues à de petites pierres qui se forment dans les reins ou dans la vessie.
  5. 5
    Personne chargée d’étaler et de faire sécher la morue ou d’autres poissons sur les graves, les terrains caillouteux du rivage.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garvier,ggravier,graiver,graveir,gravierr,gravire,gravvier,grravier,grvaier,rgavier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gravier

Misspelling Variants of "gravier"

garvier7ggravier8graiver7graveir7gravierr8gravire7gravvier8grravier8
Misspelling Variants of "gravier"

Frequency rank: #19,848 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gravier"?
"gravier" is spelled G-R-A-V-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.vje\.
What does "gravier" mean?
As a noun, "gravier" means: Roche détritique à éléments assez gros (sables grossiers et cailloux), d’origine fluviatile ou littorale.
What words are commonly confused with "gravier"?
"gravier" is commonly confused with "gravir", "gravit", "gravité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gravier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gravier" is \ɡʁa.vje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gravier" come from?
"gravier" is a French 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.