Ravenna

Name: Ravenna, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Ravenna” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,436
frequency rank, English: 3,094
“R” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A province in the region of Emilia-Romagna, in northern Italy.

Corpus desk

Index EN-ravenna · Ravenna · English

Ravenna · rank #44,436 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #44,436
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 3,094
PHOTO-FINISH rata

Nearest frequency peer: rata (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Raffaele

55,570
rajah

55,569
Ramallah

55,568
rata

55,566
Ravenna

55,565
recharging

55,561

What this shows “Ravenna” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Ravenna vs raven

57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Ravenna
Property	Value
Headword	Ravenna
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#44,436
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Ravenna”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Ravennalands here:

#44,436

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “rata” (#44,435), “Ramallah” (#44,433), “rajah” (#44,432). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “Ravenna” is #44,436. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Ravenna, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #44,436 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ravenna, with forms such as "arvenna", "raevnna", and "ravena". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "raven", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian Ravenna, from Latin Ravenna. The correct English form is Ravenna, spelled R-A-V-E-N-N-A.

Definition

1
A province in the region of Emilia-Romagna, in northern Italy.
2
A coastal city, the present-day capital of the province of Ravenna.
3
A city, the county seat of Portage County, Ohio, United States, named after the Italian city.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Ravenna appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Ravenna served as the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 402 until the latter's collapse in 476; thereafter it was the capital of the Ostrogothic Kingdom and then of the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna until the last exarch was executed by the Lombards in 751.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Ravenna, from Latin Ravenna.

This word in other languages

Rávena(Español)Ravenne(Français)Ravenna(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

arvenna
raevnna
ravena
ravenan
ravnena
ravvenna
rravenna
rvaenna

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ravenna - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Ravenna"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ravenna"?

"Ravenna" is spelled R-A-V-E-N-N-A.

What does "Ravenna" mean?

As a proper noun, "Ravenna" means: A province in the region of Emilia-Romagna, in northern Italy.

What words are commonly confused with "Ravenna"?

"Ravenna" is commonly confused with "raven". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "Ravenna"?

Borrowed from Italian Ravenna, from Latin Ravenna. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ravenna", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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