Which to use
“ravage” is a verb and “ravages” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,444
- “ravage” frequency rank
- #39,048
- “ravages” frequency rank
- 87492
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ravage | ravages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something. | Harsh damage. |
Letter map: ravage vs ravages
Shared letters muted; letters that set ravage and ravages apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. ravage runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against ravages's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for ravage / ravages
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ravage is averb and ravagesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ravage” sits inside “ravages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87492, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ravage is recorded at frequency rank #48,444, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ/. ravages is at rank #39,048, tagged as anoun.
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 87492, this pair ranks #7,528 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ravage vs ravages
Shared letters: aegrv. Private to "ravage": -. Private to "ravages": s.
"ravage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "ravages" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "ravage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ravages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,528 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ravage" and "ravages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ravages vs raves". 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 #7,528 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.