ravelin
\ʁav.lɛ̃\
The verdict
“ravelin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Demi-lune, mur à angle saillant, destiné à protéger les angles des bastions.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ravelin · ravelin · French
ravelin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ravelin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁav.lɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ravelin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁav.lɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Demi-lune, mur à angle saillant, destiné à protéger les angles des bastions.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ravelin, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 ravelin, spelled R-A-V-E-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1Demi-lune, mur à angle saillant, destiné à protéger les angles des bastions.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ravelin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il [Charles XII] s'arrêta le 21 jusqu'à minuit sur un petit ravelin tout ruiné par les bombes et par le canon.
Pour se défendre de l'offensive ottomane, les Viennois avaient monté plus de trois cents canons sur les ravelins et les bastions.
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.