# rave

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹeɪv/ · frequency rank #14,617

## Definitions
1. An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
2. An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) in small unknown clubs.
3. The genres of electronic dance music made to be played in rave parties.

## Etymology
From Middle English raven (“to rave; talk like a madman”), from Old French raver, variant of resver, of uncertain origin. Compare rave below, and rove.

## Easily confused with
- **re** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-re)
- **RV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-rv)
- **ray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-ray)
- **raw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-raw)
- **rev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-rev)
- **rue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-rue)
- **rye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-rye)
- **roe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-roe)
- **ree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-ree)
- **rule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-rule)
- **ride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-ride)
- **rose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-rose)
- **rise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-rise)
- **rice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-rice)
- **Rome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-rome)
- **rude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-rude)
- **rope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-rope)
- **rays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-rays)
- **rode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-rode)
- **ripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-ripe)

## Common misspellings (5)
`arve`, `raev`, `ravve`, `rrave`, `rvae`

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