Which to use
“gravier” and “graviers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,848
- “gravier” frequency rank
- #35,068
- “graviers” frequency rank
- 54916
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gravier | graviers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Roche détritique à éléments assez gros (sables grossiers et cailloux), d’origine fluviatile ou littorale. | Pluriel de gravier. |
Same sound, different letters: gravier vs graviers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. gravier runs 7 letters (CCVCVVC) against graviers's 8 (CCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - gravier / graviers
This is the hard kind. gravier and graviers are pronounced identically (\ɡʁa.vje\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “gravier” sits inside “graviers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gravier is recorded at frequency rank #19,848, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁa.vje\. graviers is at rank #35,068, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁa.vje\.
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 54916, this pair ranks #130,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gravier vs graviers
Shared letters: aegirv. Private to "gravier": -. Private to "graviers": s.
"gravier" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC · "graviers" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "gravier" and "graviers" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "gravier" vs "graviers" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"gravier" and "graviers" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "gravier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "graviers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #130,821 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gravier" and "graviers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "graveurs vs graviers". 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 #130,821 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.