ravageur

\ʁa.va.ʒœʁ\

/\ʁa.va.ʒœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“ravageur” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,500. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,500
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui cause des ravages.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ravageur · ravageur · French

ravageur · rank #38,500 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,500
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Raqqa

Nearest frequency peer: Raqqa (-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 « ravageur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ravageur » 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).

ravageur vs ravaler
75% similar
ravageur vs ravageurs
89% similar
ravageur vs ravage
75% similar

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

Key facts for ravageur
PropertyValue
Headwordravageur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁa.va.ʒœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#38,500
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ravageur »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Raqqa » (#38,499), « rays » (#38,501), « rally » (#38,498). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ravageur » est au #38,500. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around ravageur (IPA \ʁa.va.ʒœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,500 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ravageur, with forms such as "arvageur", "raavgeur", and "ravaegur". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "ravaler", "ravageurs", "ravage", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ravageur, spelled R-A-V-A-G-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui cause des ravages.
  2. 2
    Qui cause des ravages, en parlant d'animaux nuisibles.
  3. 3
    Particulièrement séduisant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On l’oublie un peu, mais les scientifiques de la Santé publique sont davantage des experts en prévention, plutôt habitués à lutter contre le tabagisme et l’obésité qu’à traquer un ennemi mortel, ravageur et invisible.
  2. Monsieur Hulot a bousculé tous les usages du tennis, avec son service ravageur, mais sa victoire ne lui a pas fait gagner un pouce dans l’approche de la jolie blonde.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arvageur
  • raavgeur
  • ravaegur
  • ravageru
  • ravageurr
  • ravaggeur
  • ravaguer
  • ravgaeur
  • ravvageur
  • rravageur
  • rvaageur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

arvageur2raavgeur2ravaegur2ravageru2ravageurr1ravaggeur1ravaguer2ravgaeur2
Edit distance from "ravageur"

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 "ravageur"?
"ravageur" is spelled R-A-V-A-G-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.va.ʒœʁ\.
What does "ravageur" mean?
As an adjective, "ravageur" means: Qui cause des ravages.
What words are commonly confused with "ravageur"?
"ravageur" is commonly confused with "ravaler", "ravageurs", "ravage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ravageur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ravageur" is \ʁa.va.ʒœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ravageur" come from?
"ravageur" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

relancée#38,506propagée#38,489platanes#38,481rétablis#38,526

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

product11 variantsréveils11 variantsopulence11 variantssolfège11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list