gravissime

\ɡʁa.vi.sim\

/\ɡʁa.vi.sim\/ adj

The verdict

“gravissime” is uncommon French (frequency #53,383 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,383
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très grave, grave au maximum.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gravissime · gravissime · French

gravissime · rank #53,383 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,383
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gourdes

Nearest frequency peer: gourdes (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « gravissime »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « gravissime » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gravissime
PropertyValue
Headwordgravissime
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɡʁa.vi.sim\
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,383
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « gravissime » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).gravissimetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « gourdes » (#53,382), « grind » (#53,384), « gymnastes » (#53,385). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gravissime » est au #53,383. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gravissime is uncommon French at frequency #53,383 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁa.vi.sim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Très grave, grave au maximum.".

Zero misspellings are on record for gravissime in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gravissime, spelled G-R-A-V-I-S-S-I-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Très grave, grave au maximum.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Facebook et ses acolytes font courir à la planète des dangers gravissimes.
  2. « Entre indécence, absence de respect, relativisme et négationnisme, la France insoumise et ses porte-paroles se sont illustrés par des propos gravissimes depuis le 7 octobre », écrivent-elles dans une lettre.

This word in other languages

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 "gravissime"?
"gravissime" is spelled G-R-A-V-I-S-S-I-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.vi.sim\.
What does "gravissime" mean?
As an adjective, "gravissime" means: Très grave, grave au maximum.
How do you pronounce "gravissime"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gravissime" is \ɡʁa.vi.sim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gravissime" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list