ravine
/ɹəˈviːn/
"ravine" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ravine” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,965. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,965
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ravine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹəˈviːn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,965 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ravine” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around ravine (IPA /ɹəˈviːn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,965 among 21,470 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ravine, with forms such as "arvine", "raivne", and "ravien". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rhine", "revive", "revise", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French ravin (“a gully”), from Old French raviner (“to pillage, sweep down, cascade”), from ravine (“robbery, rapine; violent rush of water, waterfall, avalanche; impetuosity, spirit”), from Latin rapīna (cf. rapine). The correct English form is ravine, spelled R-A-V-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.
Etymology
Borrowed from French ravin (“a gully”), from Old French raviner (“to pillage, sweep down, cascade”), from ravine (“robbery, rapine; violent rush of water, waterfall, avalanche; impetuosity, spirit”), from Latin rapīna (cf. rapine).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arvine
- raivne
- ravien
- ravinne
- ravnie
- ravvine
- rravine
- rvaine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ravine - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “ravine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-A-V-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɹəˈviːn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Rhine” - see the side-by-side comparison. ravine vs Rhine
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.