# riven

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɹɪvən/ · frequency rank #40,878

## Definitions
1. past participle of rive

## Etymology
From Middle English riven, past participle of rive (“to rive”). Compare Old Norse rifinn, past participle of Old Norse rífa (“to pick, scratch, rive”).

## Easily confused with
- **rove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riven-vs-rove)
- **river** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riven-vs-river)
- **rover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riven-vs-rover)
- **rosen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riven-vs-rosen)
- **Ruben** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riven-vs-ruben)
- **Rouen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riven-vs-rouen)
- **Rogen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riven-vs-rogen)
- **rivet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riven-vs-rivet)
- **rivers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riven-vs-rivers)
- **Rivera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riven-vs-rivera)
- **ren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ren-vs-riven)
- **rin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rin-vs-riven)
- **ride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ride-vs-riven)
- **rise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-riven)
- **rice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rice-vs-riven)
- **ripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ripe-vs-riven)
- **rite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rite-vs-riven)
- **rave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rave-vs-riven)
- **rife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rife-vs-riven)
- **Riva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/riva-vs-riven)

## Common misspellings (7)
`irven`, `rievn`, `rivenn`, `rivne`, `rivven`, `rriven`, `rvien`

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