Which to use
“gracie” is a verb and “gravée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,081
- “gracie” frequency rank
- #17,439
- “gravée” frequency rank
- 62520
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gracie | gravée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de gracier. | Féminin singulier de gravé. |
Where the eye mixes gracie and gravée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. gracie and gravée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between gracie and gravée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gracie is \ɡʁa.si\ while gravée is \ɡʁa.ve\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62520, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gracie is recorded at frequency rank #45,081, classified as averb, pronounced \ɡʁa.si\. gravée is at rank #17,439, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁa.ve\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 62520, this pair ranks #86,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gracie vs gravée
Shared letters: aegr. Private to "gracie": ci. Private to "gravée": vé.
"gracie" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "gravée" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- gracie ← garcie · ggracie · graccie · gracei · graice · grcaie · grracie · rgacie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gracie" for "gravée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gracie" vs "gravée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gracie" and "gravée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gracie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gravée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gracie" and "gravée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gracie vs Graeme". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #86,657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.