ravager

\ʁa.va.ʒe\

/\ʁa.va.ʒe\/ verb

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The verdict

“ravager” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,554. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,554
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire du ravage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ravager · ravager · French

ravager · rank #47,554 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,554
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rassurantes

Nearest frequency peer: rassurantes (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ravager »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ravager » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

ravager vs rivage
71% similar
ravager vs rivages
71% similar
ravager vs raviver
71% similar

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

Key facts for ravager
PropertyValue
Headwordravager
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.va.ʒe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#47,554
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ravager »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ravagerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rassurantes » (#47,553), « rappeuse » (#47,552), « randonneur » (#47,551). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ravager » est au #47,554. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around ravager (IPA \ʁa.va.ʒe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,554 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ravager, with forms such as "arvager", "raavger", and "ravaegr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "rivage", "rivages", "raviver", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ravager, spelled R-A-V-A-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire du ravage.
  2. 2
    Provoquer chez quelqu'un une émotion intense.
  3. 3
    Violer sexuellement (le plus souvent avec violence ou brutalité).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En Angleterre, une épizootie effroyable, s’étendant sur presque tout le territoire, ravageant les plus riches troupeaux et immolant 64 000 tètes de bétail (chiffre officiel qui n’exprime que la moitié environ des pertes totales).
  2. Raclant, ravageant, dévastant la côte ouest de l’Île, le cyclone roula vers la mer Polaire, mettant à mal bateaux, engins de pêche, quais, maisons, bétail, récoltes.

This word in other languages

ravage(English)asolar(Español)verheeren(Deutsch)estragar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arvager
  • raavger
  • ravaegr
  • ravagerr
  • ravagger
  • ravagre
  • ravgaer
  • ravvager
  • rravager
  • rvaager

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

arvager2raavger2ravaegr2ravagerr1ravagger1ravagre2ravgaer2ravvager1
Edit distance from "ravager"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ravager"?
"ravager" is spelled R-A-V-A-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.va.ʒe\.
What does "ravager" mean?
As a verb, "ravager" means: Faire du ravage.
What words are commonly confused with "ravager"?
"ravager" is commonly confused with "rivage", "rivages", "raviver". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ravager"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ravager" is \ʁa.va.ʒe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ravager" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

rameurs#47,549refaits#47,563prêtées#47,543reparlé#47,568

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

produis10 variantspouilleux10 variantspopotin10 variantspicarde10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list