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“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.

6 ch
gravir
6 ch
gravit

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

  • gravir ← garvir · ggravir · graivr · gravirr · gravri · gravvir · grravir · grvair
  • gravit ← garvit · ggravit · graivt · gravitt · gravti · gravvit · grravit · grvait

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gravir" and "gravit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɡʁa.viʁ\ versus \ɡʁa.vi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "gravir" or "gravit" show up more?
"gravir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,568 in our French list, against #43,965 for "gravit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list