ravauder

\ʁa.vo.de\

/\ʁa.vo.de\/ verb

The verdict

“ravauder” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raccommoder, rapiécer, repriser à l’aiguille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ravauder · ravauder · French

ravauder · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for ravauder
PropertyValue
Headwordravauder
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.vo.de\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ravauder » en français

ravaudersiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ravauder is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.vo.de\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

ravauder has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ravauder, spelled R-A-V-A-U-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Raccommoder, rapiécer, repriser à l’aiguille.
  2. 2
    Ruminer, ressasser mentalement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tandis qu’il trottine à ses malades, elle reste à ravauder des chaussettes.
  2. Il avait fallu en outre ravauder à gros points le linon déchiré et même troué par les ongles d’Angelo, qui, pendant le voyage et faute de ciseaux, les avait portés fort longs.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ravauder"?
"ravauder" is spelled R-A-V-A-U-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.vo.de\.
What does "ravauder" mean?
As a verb, "ravauder" means: Raccommoder, rapiécer, repriser à l’aiguille.
How do you pronounce "ravauder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ravauder" is \ʁa.vo.de\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ravauder" come from?
"ravauder" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list