gravir

/\ɡʁa.viʁ\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,568

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

gravir is aFrenchverb. It means: Monter avec effort. Pronounced \ɡʁa.viʁ\. Often confused with gravit and gravité.

Key facts for gravir
PropertyValue
Headwordgravir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡʁa.viʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,568
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gravir is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁa.viʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,568 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for gravir, with forms such as "garvir", "ggravir", and "graivr". 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, "gravit", "gravité", "gravure", 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 gravir, spelled G-R-A-V-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Monter avec effort.
  2. 2
    Faire des efforts pour améliorer une situation.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garvir,ggravir,graivr,gravirr,gravri,gravvir,grravir,grvair,rgavir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gravir

Misspelling Variants of "gravir"

garvir6ggravir7graivr6gravirr7gravri6gravvir7grravir7grvair6
Misspelling Variants of "gravir"

Frequency rank: #23,568 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gravir"?
"gravir" is spelled G-R-A-V-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.viʁ\.
What does "gravir" mean?
As a verb, "gravir" means: Monter avec effort.
What words are commonly confused with "gravir"?
"gravir" is commonly confused with "gravit", "gravité", "gravure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gravir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gravir" is \ɡʁa.viʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gravir" come from?
"gravir" 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.