# ravage

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɹævɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #48,444

## Definitions
1. To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
2. To pillage or plunder destructively; to sack.
3. To wreak destruction.
4. To have vigorous sexual intercourse with.
5. To rape.

## Etymology
From French ravage (“ravage, havoc, spoil”), from ravir (“to bear away suddenly”), from Latin rapere (“to snatch, seize”), akin to Ancient Greek ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to seize”).

## Easily confused with
- **rave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ravage-vs-rave)
- **ravine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ravage-vs-ravine)
- **ravaged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ravage-vs-ravaged)
- **ravages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ravage-vs-ravages)
- **rage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rage-vs-ravage)
- **range** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/range-vs-ravage)
- **rampage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rampage-vs-ravage)

## Common misspellings (8)
`arvage`, `raavge`, `ravaeg`, `ravagge`, `ravgae`, `ravvage`, `rravage`, `rvaage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ravage