Which to use
“grandi” and “gravi” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,764
- “grandi” frequency rank
- #36,420
- “gravi” frequency rank
- 41184
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grandi | gravi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de grandir. | Participe passé masculin singulier de gravir. |
Where the eye mixes grandi and gravi
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. grandi runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against gravi's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: grandi vs gravi
A purely visual mix-up. grandi (\ɡʁɑ̃.di\) and gravi (\ɡʁa.vi\) 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 41184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grandi is recorded at frequency rank #4,764, classified as averb, pronounced \ɡʁɑ̃.di\. gravi is at rank #36,420, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɡʁa.vi\.
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 41184, this pair ranks #234,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grandi vs gravi
Shared letters: agir. Private to "grandi": dn. Private to "gravi": v.
"grandi" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "gravi" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "grandi" for "gravi" ever safe?
Frequency check: "grandi" vs "gravi" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "grandi" and "gravi" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grandi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gravi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,989 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grandi" and "gravi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ghazi vs gravi". 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 #234,989 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.