ravageurs

\ʁa.va.ʒœʁ\

/\ʁa.va.ʒœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“ravageurs” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,487. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,487
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de ravageur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ravageurs · ravageurs · French

ravageurs · rank #41,487 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,487
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rattrapent

Nearest frequency peer: rattrapent (-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 « ravageurs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ravageurs » 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).

ravageurs vs ravager
78% similar
ravageurs vs ravagés
67% similar
ravageurs vs ravageur
89% similar

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

Key facts for ravageurs
PropertyValue
Headwordravageurs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁa.va.ʒœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,487
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ravageurs »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ravageursse 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 « rattrapent » (#41,486), « Raynal » (#41,488), « recevrait » (#41,489). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ravageurs » est au #41,487. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around ravageurs (IPA \ʁa.va.ʒœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,487 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de ravageur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ravageurs, with forms such as "arvageurs", "raavgeurs", and "ravaegurs". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ravager", "ravagés", "ravageur", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ravageurs, spelled R-A-V-A-G-E-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de ravageur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arvageurs
  • raavgeurs
  • ravaegurs
  • ravagerus
  • ravageurrs
  • ravageurss
  • ravageusr
  • ravaggeurs
  • ravaguers
  • ravgaeurs
  • ravvageurs
  • rravageurs
  • rvaageurs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ravageurs - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

arvageurs2raavgeurs2ravaegurs2ravagerus2ravageurrs1ravageurss1ravageusr2ravaggeurs1
Edit distance from "ravageurs"

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 "ravageurs"?
"ravageurs" is spelled R-A-V-A-G-E-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.va.ʒœʁ\.
What does "ravageurs" mean?
As an adjective, "ravageurs" means: Masculin pluriel de ravageur.
What words are commonly confused with "ravageurs"?
"ravageurs" is commonly confused with "ravager", "ravagés", "ravageur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ravageurs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ravageurs" 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 "ravageurs" come from?
"ravageurs" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

recevrait#41,489remettons#41,494repassage#41,496pénitents#41,477

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

réveillera13 variantspeupliers13 variantspatineurs13 variantspaganisme13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list