grièvement

\ɡʁi.jɛv.mɑ̃\

/\ɡʁi.jɛv.mɑ̃\/ adv

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The verdict

“grièvement” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,688. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,688
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gravement (en parlant d'une atteinte morale).

Corpus desk

Index FR-grievement · grièvement · French

grièvement · rank #14,688 · 16 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #14,688
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH granit

Nearest frequency peer: granit (-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 « grièvement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grièvement » 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).

grièvement vs gravement
80% similar

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

Key facts for grièvement
PropertyValue
Headwordgrièvement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ɡʁi.jɛv.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#14,688
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grièvement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.grièvementse 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 « granit » (#14,687), « gibier » (#14,686), « généralité » (#14,690). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grièvement » est au #14,688. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around grièvement (IPA \ɡʁi.jɛv.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #14,688 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for grièvement, with forms such as "ggrièvement", "girèvement", and "grievement". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "gravement", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is grièvement, spelled G-R-I-È-V-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gravement (en parlant d'une atteinte morale).
  2. 2
    Gravement (en parlant d'une atteinte physique).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il n'est pas à croire que Dieu s’en tienne si grièvement offensé.
  2. On peut par la seule attention qu’on donne à la médisance, pécher très grièvement.

This word in other languages

grievously(English)gravemente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrièvement
  • girèvement
  • grievement
  • grivèement
  • grièevment
  • grièveemnt
  • grièvemennt
  • grièvementt
  • grièvemetn
  • grièvemment
  • grièvemnet
  • grièvmeent
  • grièvvement
  • grrièvement
  • grèivement
  • rgièvement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grièvement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ggrièvement1girèvement2grievement1grivèement2grièevment2grièveemnt2grièvemennt1grièvementt1
Edit distance from "grièvement"

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 "grièvement"?
"grièvement" is spelled G-R-I-È-V-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁi.jɛv.mɑ̃\.
What does "grièvement" mean?
As an adverb, "grièvement" means: Gravement (en parlant d'une atteinte morale).
What words are commonly confused with "grièvement"?
"grièvement" is commonly confused with "gravement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grièvement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grièvement" is \ɡʁi.jɛv.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grièvement" come from?
"grièvement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

généralité#14,690forestiers#14,676infirmerie#14,705injonction#14,706

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

détruisent16 variantsdescendent16 variantsmanufacture16 variantsmercenaires16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list