Which to use
“graine” and “gravité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,419
- “graine” frequency rank
- #5,138
- “gravité” frequency rank
- 16557
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | graine | gravité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Organe reproducteur des spermaphytes, formé par l’ovule fécondé et arrivé à maturité, contenant un embryon avec des réserves nutritives et protégé par un tégument. | Champ de force gravitationnel d’un corps massif ; pesanteur. |
Where the eye mixes graine and gravité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. graine runs 6 letters (CCVVCV) against gravité's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between graine and gravité
A purely visual mix-up. graine (\ɡʁɛn\) and gravité (\ɡʁa.vi.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
graine is recorded at frequency rank #11,419, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁɛn\. gravité is at rank #5,138, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁa.vi.te\.
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 16557, this pair ranks #387,291 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of graine vs gravité
Shared letters: agir. Private to "graine": en. Private to "gravité": tvé.
"graine" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV · "gravité" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- graine ← garine · ggraine · graien · grainne · granie · griane · grraine · rgaine
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "graine" and "gravité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "graine" or "gravité"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "graine" and "gravité" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "graine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gravité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,291 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "graine" and "gravité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Graeme vs graine". 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 #387,291 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.