graviter
\ɡʁa.vi.te\
The verdict
“graviter” is uncommon French (frequency #89,767 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,767
- frequency rank, French
- 2,617
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suivre la loi de gravitation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-graviter · graviter · French
graviter · rank #89,767 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,767
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,617
- PHOTO-FINISH gratia
Nearest frequency peer: gratia (-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 « graviter »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Glazer
Glazer
10,239 corpus weight
- goitre
goitre
10,237 corpus weight
- gratia
gratia
10,235 corpus weight
- graviter
graviter
10,234 corpus weight
- Grzegorz
Grzegorz
10,231 corpus weight
- grésillement
grésillement
10,229 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « graviter » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | graviter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.vi.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « graviter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
graviter is uncommon French at frequency #89,767 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡʁa.vi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for graviter, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is graviter, spelled G-R-A-V-I-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Suivre la loi de gravitation.
- 2Tourner autour de quelque chose, de quelqu’un.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how graviter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'était une soirée délicieuse : dans le firmament d'une douceur et d'une pureté inénarrables, la lune gravitait solitaire, chassant devant elle une multitude de petits nuages floconneux […].
N’est-il pas étrange, ou plutôt fatal, qu’une irrésistible attraction fasse toujours graviter ces criminels autour du formidable tribunal qui les condamne à la prison, au bagne, à l’échafaud !
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 "graviter"?
What does "graviter" mean?
How do you pronounce "graviter"?
What language does "graviter" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "graviter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).