graphvsgraviWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: graph is a noun, gravi is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“graph” is a noun and “gravi” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,279
“graph” frequency rank
#36,420
“gravi” frequency rank
69699
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature graph gravi
Definition Graphique. Participe passé masculin singulier de gravir.

Where the eye mixes graph and gravi

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. graph (CCVCC) and gravi (CCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
graph
5 ch
gravi

Why the eye confuses graph with gravi

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: graph is \ɡɹɑːf\ while gravi is \ɡʁa.vi\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69699, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

graph is recorded at frequency rank #33,279, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡɹɑːf\. 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 69699, this pair ranks #54,168 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of graph vs gravi

Shared letters: agr. Private to "graph": hp. Private to "gravi": iv.

"graph" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "gravi" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • graph ← garph · ggraph · grahp · graphh · grapph · grpah · grraph · rgaph
  • gravi ← garvi · ggravi · graiv · gravvi · grravi · grvai · rgavi

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "graph" and "gravi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "graph" is a noun and "gravi" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "graph" or "gravi" show up more?
"graph" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,279 in our French list, against #36,420 for "gravi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "graph" and "gravi" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "graph" 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 #54,168 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "graph" 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 #54,168 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list