ravi

\ʁa.vi\

/\ʁa.vi\/ adj

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The verdict

“ravi” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #7,362) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#7,362
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enchanté ; très content.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ravi · ravi · French

ravi · rank #7,362 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,362
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ramené

Nearest frequency peer: ramené (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “ravi”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “ravi” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

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).

ravi vs RV
0% similar
ravi vs roi
50% similar
ravi vs ray
50% similar

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

Key facts for ravi
PropertyValue
Headwordravi
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁa.vi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,362
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “ravi” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ravise 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 « ramené » (#7,361), « reconnaissant » (#7,363), « rajouter » (#7,360). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ravi is neighbouring look-alikes ("RV", "roi", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \ʁa.vi\. Frequency #7,362 among 5,742 “R” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for ravi, with forms such as "arvi", "raiv", and "ravvi". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RV", "roi", "ray", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ravi, spelled R-A-V-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enchanté ; très content.
  2. 2
    Simple d'esprit, simplet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La salade bulgare était un peu plus sophistiquée qu’ailleurs et l’agneau mangeable. En tout cas, Mara était ravie comme une enfant.
  2. Mme Jacquier me considéra avec curiosité, lorsque je m’approchai d’elle, mais je suppose qu’elle devait regarder tout avec la même curiosité, y compris les choses et les gens qu’elle connaissait par cœur. C’était l’expression naturelle de son regard. Dans le Midi, ils appellent ça des yeux ravis.

Synonyms

béatcomblécontentenchantéépanouigaiheureuxbienheureuxjoyeuxréjouisatisfait

Antonyms

désenchantémalheureuxtriste

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arvi
  • raiv
  • ravvi
  • rravi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ravi - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

arvi2raiv2ravvi1rravi1
Edit distance from "ravi"

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 "ravi"?
"ravi" is spelled R-A-V-I. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.vi\.
What does "ravi" mean?
As an adjective, "ravi" means: Enchanté ; très content.
What words are commonly confused with "ravi"?
"ravi" is commonly confused with "RV", "roi", "ray". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ravi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ravi" is \ʁa.vi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ravi" come from?
"ravi" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

revu#7,367road#7,369lits#7,339élan#7,391

What to do next

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  • "ravi" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "RV". View pair
  • 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #7,362 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list