Which to use
“gravées” is an adjective and “gravures” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,227
- “gravées” frequency rank
- #13,179
- “gravures” frequency rank
- 36406
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gravées | gravures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de gravé. | Pluriel de gravure. |
Where the eye mixes gravées and gravures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. gravées runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against gravures's 8 (CCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses gravées with gravures
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gravées is \ɡʁa.ve\ while gravures is \ɡʁa.vyʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36406, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gravées is recorded at frequency rank #23,227, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁa.ve\. gravures is at rank #13,179, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁa.vyʁ\.
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 36406, this pair ranks #269,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gravées vs gravures
Shared letters: aegrsv. Private to "gravées": é. Private to "gravures": u.
"gravées" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "gravures" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- gravures ← garvures · ggravures · grauvres · gravrues · gravuers · gravuress · gravurres · gravurse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gravées" for "gravures" ever safe?
Which is more common, "gravées" or "gravures"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gravées" and "gravures" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gravées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gravures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gravées" and "gravures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gravées vs graveurs". 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 #269,838 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.