# river vs rivet

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### river
*noun · IPA /ˈɹɪvɚ/ · frequency rank #1,001*
A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

### rivet
*noun · IPA /ˈɹɪvət/ · frequency rank #42,384*
A cylindrical mechanical fastener which is supplied with a factory head at one end and is used to attach multiple parts together by passing its bucktail through a hole and upsetting its end to form a field head.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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