gravier

\ɡʁa.vje\

/\ɡʁa.vje\/ noun

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The verdict

“gravier” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,848. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,848
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Roche détritique à éléments assez gros (sables grossiers et cailloux), d’origine fluviatile ou littorale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gravier · gravier · French

gravier · rank #19,848 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,848
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH glandes

Nearest frequency peer: glandes (-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 « gravier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gravier » 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).

gravier vs gravir
86% similar
gravier vs gravit
71% similar
gravier vs gravité
71% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gravier »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gravierse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « glandes » (#19,847), « habitez » (#19,850), « genevois » (#19,845). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gravier » est au #19,848. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around gravier (IPA \ɡʁa.vje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,848 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for gravier, with forms such as "garvier", "ggravier", and "graiver". 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, "gravir", "gravit", "gravité", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gravier, spelled G-R-A-V-I-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Samedi dernier, – répliqua M. Smallways, – j’ai été obligé de ramasser trois brouettées de gravier dans mes pommes de terre… trois brouettées de lest qu’ils nous ont versées sur la tête.
  2. La Garonne devenant divagante multiplie, à loisir, les « gaules » ou « gaures », c'est-à-dire ses bras, et les « îles », résultant de l’atterrissement des graviers vite envahis par la végétation spontanée et bientôt exhaussées par la rétention du limon.

Synonyms

cailloutisgravillonmignonnettecalculpierre

This word in other languages

gravel(English)grava(Español)Grus(Deutsch)cascalho(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garvier
  • ggravier
  • graiver
  • graveir
  • gravierr
  • gravire
  • gravvier
  • grravier
  • grvaier
  • rgavier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

garvier2ggravier1graiver2graveir2gravierr1gravire2gravvier1grravier1
Edit distance from "gravier"

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 "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

glandes#19,847habitez#19,850Halifax#19,851gazeuse#19,844

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

hospice10 variantsincombe10 variantsessences10 variantsinjures10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list