Which to use
“gravir” and “gravit” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,568
- “gravir” frequency rank
- #43,965
- “gravit” frequency rank
- 67533
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gravir | gravit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Monter avec effort. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de gravir. |
Where the eye mixes gravir and gravit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. gravir and gravit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between gravir and gravit
A purely visual mix-up. gravir (\ɡʁa.viʁ\) and gravit (\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 a single letter - r in “gravir” becomes t in “gravit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67533, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gravir is recorded at frequency rank #23,568, classified as averb, pronounced \ɡʁa.viʁ\. 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 67533, this pair ranks #63,006 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gravir vs gravit
Shared letters: agirv. Private to "gravir": -. Private to "gravit": t.
"gravir" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "gravit" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gravir" and "gravit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "gravir" or "gravit" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "gravir" and "gravit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gravir" 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 #63,006 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gravir" 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 #63,006 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.