gravures

\ɡʁa.vyʁ\

/\ɡʁa.vyʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“gravures” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,179. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,179
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de gravure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gravures · gravures · French

gravures · rank #13,179 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,179
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gendre

Nearest frequency peer: gendre (-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 « gravures »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « gravures » 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).

gravures vs graves
75% similar
gravures vs gravure
88% similar
gravures vs gravées
75% similar

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

Key facts for gravures
PropertyValue
Headwordgravures
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁa.vyʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,179
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gravures »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.gravuresse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « gendre » (#13,178), « grossier » (#13,180), « gagnez » (#13,177). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gravures » est au #13,179. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around gravures (IPA \ɡʁa.vyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,179 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de gravure.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for gravures, with forms such as "garvures", "ggravures", and "grauvres". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "graves", "gravure", "gravées", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is gravures, spelled G-R-A-V-U-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de gravure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Aussi la duchesse avait-elle conservé ces lettres émouvantes, comme certains vieillards ont des gravures obscènes, à cause des éloges hyperboliques donnés à ce qu’elle avait de moins duchesse en elle.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • garvures
  • ggravures
  • grauvres
  • gravrues
  • gravuers
  • gravuress
  • gravurres
  • gravurse
  • gravvures
  • grravures
  • grvaures
  • rgavures

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

garvures2ggravures1grauvres2gravrues2gravuers2gravuress1gravurres1gravurse2
Edit distance from "gravures"

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 "gravures"?
"gravures" is spelled G-R-A-V-U-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁa.vyʁ\.
What does "gravures" mean?
As a noun, "gravures" means: Pluriel de gravure.
What words are commonly confused with "gravures"?
"gravures" is commonly confused with "graves", "gravure", "gravées". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gravures"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gravures" is \ɡʁa.vyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gravures" come from?
"gravures" 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 "gravures", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list