Which to use
“grandement” and “gravement” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,963
- “grandement” frequency rank
- #7,445
- “gravement” frequency rank
- 14408
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grandement | gravement |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Avec grandeur. | Avec gravité ; d’une manière composée. |
Where the eye mixes grandement and gravement
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. grandement runs 10 letters (CCVCCVCVCC) against gravement's 9 (CCVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses grandement with gravement
A purely visual mix-up. grandement (\ɡʁɑ̃d.mɑ̃\) and gravement (\ɡʁav.mɑ̃\) 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 14408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grandement is recorded at frequency rank #6,963, classified as anadv, pronounced \ɡʁɑ̃d.mɑ̃\. gravement is at rank #7,445, tagged as anadv, pronounced \ɡʁav.mɑ̃\.
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 14408, this pair ranks #396,816 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of grandement vs gravement
Shared letters: aegmnrt. Private to "grandement": d. Private to "gravement": v.
"grandement" · 10 letters · shape CCVCCVCVCC · "gravement" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- grandement ← garndement · ggrandement · gradnement · granddement · grandeemnt · grandemennt · grandementt · grandemetn
- gravement ← garvement · ggravement · graevment · graveemnt · gravemennt · gravementt · gravemetn · gravemment
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grandement" for "gravement" ever safe?
Frequency check: "grandement" vs "gravement" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "grandement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gravement" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,816 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grandement" and "gravement" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grandement vs grondement". 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 #396,816 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.