ravin
\ʁa.vɛ̃\
The verdict
“ravin” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,382. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,382
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forte dépression de terrain ; vallon étroit et raide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ravin · ravin · French
ravin · rank #19,382 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,382
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH ratification
Nearest frequency peer: ratification (-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 « ravin »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- questionnem…
questionnement
80,622 corpus weight
- radicales
radicales
80,621 corpus weight
- ratification
ratification
80,620 corpus weight
- ravin
ravin
80,619 corpus weight
- recevront
recevront
80,618 corpus weight
- recommencé
recommencé
80,617 corpus weight
What this shows « ravin » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ravin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.vɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #19,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ravin »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around ravin (IPA \ʁa.vɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,382 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forte dépression de terrain ; vallon étroit et raide.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ravin, with forms such as "arvin", "raivn", and "ravinn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rin", "Rhin", "rein", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ravin, spelled R-A-V-I-N.
Definition
- 1Forte dépression de terrain ; vallon étroit et raide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ravin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alors il descendit dans le ravin pierreux et escarpé, au fond duquel grondait le torrent.
Nous nous regardions, séparés par un ravin qui n’était pas facile à franchir, et le soir on dormait encore assez tranquillement, quoiqu’on se canardât à distance.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arvin
- raivn
- ravinn
- ravni
- ravvin
- rravin
- rvain
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ravin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).