gravure

\ɡʁa.vyʁ\

/\ɡʁa.vyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“gravure” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,881. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,881
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - L’art ou la manière de graver.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gravure · gravure · French

gravure · rank #10,881 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,881
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH god

Nearest frequency peer: god (-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 « gravure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gravure » 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).

gravure vs gravures
88% similar
gravure vs grave
71% similar
gravure vs gravée
71% similar

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

Key facts for gravure
PropertyValue
Headwordgravure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁa.vyʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,881
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gravure »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « god » (#10,880), « Gustave » (#10,882), « GMT » (#10,879). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gravure » est au #10,881. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around gravure (IPA \ɡʁa.vyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,881 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 gravure, with forms such as "garvure", "ggravure", and "grauvre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "gravures", "grave", "gravée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gravure, spelled G-R-A-V-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    L’art ou la manière de graver.
  2. 2
    Ouvrage du graveur.
  3. 3
    Reproduction par l’imprimerie, la photographie, la photogravure, de l’ouvrage du graveur.
  4. 4
    Opération qui consiste à enlever, selon un dessin donné, une couche de matériau sur un substrat.
  5. 5
    Action de graver un CD, ou un DVD pour y stocker des données.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un art gardait le privilège de la sincérité dans le détail des figures nues : la gravure. On peut affirmer que depuis l'invention de l'estampe jusqu'au XIXᵉ siècle la majorité des graveurs fut hostile à toute suppression.
  2. S’adonner à la gravure.

Synonyms

gravage

This word in other languages

engraving(English)grabado(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garvure
  • ggravure
  • grauvre
  • gravrue
  • gravuer
  • gravurre
  • gravvure
  • grravure
  • grvaure
  • rgavure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

garvure2ggravure1grauvre2gravrue2gravuer2gravurre1gravvure1grravure1
Edit distance from "gravure"

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 "gravure"?
"gravure" is spelled G-R-A-V-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.vyʁ\.
What does "gravure" mean?
As a noun, "gravure" means: L’art ou la manière de graver.
What words are commonly confused with "gravure"?
"gravure" is commonly confused with "gravures", "grave", "gravée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gravure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gravure" is \ɡʁa.vyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gravure" come from?
"gravure" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Gustave#10,882habille#10,883finisse#10,872endormi#10,864

Similar misspelling depth

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

illimité10 variantsjumelles10 variantsmélodie10 variantsNanterre10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list