Which to use
“gravi” and “gravit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,420
- “gravi” frequency rank
- #43,965
- “gravit” frequency rank
- 80385
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gravi | gravit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de gravir. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de gravir. |
Same sound, different letters: gravi vs gravit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. gravi runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against gravit's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - gravi / gravit
This is the hard kind. gravi and gravit are pronounced identically (\ɡʁa.vi\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “gravi” sits inside “gravit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gravi is recorded at frequency rank #36,420, classified as averb, pronounced \ɡʁa.vi\. gravit is at rank #43,965, 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 80385, this pair ranks #21,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gravi vs gravit
Shared letters: agirv. Private to "gravi": -. Private to "gravit": t.
"gravi" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "gravit" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gravi" and "gravit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "gravi" or "gravit"?
What to do next
"gravi" and "gravit" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "gravi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gravit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gravi" and "gravit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gracie vs gravit". 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 #21,075 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.