gravité

/\ɡʁa.vi.te\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,138

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

gravité is aFrenchnoun. It means: Champ de force gravitationnel d’un corps massif ; pesanteur. Pronounced \ɡʁa.vi.te\. It ranks #5,138 in French word frequency. Often confused with gravure and gravity.

Key facts for gravité
PropertyValue
Headwordgravité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁa.vi.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,138
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for gravité is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁa.vi.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,138 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for gravité, with forms such as "garvité", "ggravité", and "graivté". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "gravure", "gravity", "gravitent", 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 gravité, spelled G-R-A-V-I-T-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Champ de force gravitationnel d’un corps massif ; pesanteur.
  2. 2
    Sentiment ou qualité d’une personne ou d’une chose grave ; l’air, le ton grave et sérieux.
  3. 3
    Grande importance ; lourde conséquence.
  4. 4
    Caractère d’un son quelconque par rapport aux sons plus élevés, dans l’échelle générale.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: garvité,ggravité,graivté,gravite,gravitté,graviét,gravtié,gravvité,grravité,grvaité,rgavité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for gravité

Misspelling Variants of "gravité"

garvité7ggravité8graivté7gravite7gravitté8graviét7gravtié7gravvité8
Misspelling Variants of "gravité"

Frequency rank: #5,138 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gravité"?
"gravité" is spelled G-R-A-V-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.vi.te\.
What does "gravité" mean?
As a noun, "gravité" means: Champ de force gravitationnel d’un corps massif ; pesanteur.
What words are commonly confused with "gravité"?
"gravité" is commonly confused with "gravure", "gravity", "gravitent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gravité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gravité" is \ɡʁa.vi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gravité" come from?
"gravité" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.