ravine
\ʁa.vin\
The verdict
“ravine” is uncommon French (frequency #65,446 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,446
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit ravin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ravine · ravine · French
ravine · rank #65,446 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,446
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rasseoir
Nearest frequency peer: rasseoir (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « ravine »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rages
rages
34,558 corpus weight
- ralentissez
ralentissez
34,557 corpus weight
- rasseoir
rasseoir
34,556 corpus weight
- ravine
ravine
34,555 corpus weight
- Reboul
Reboul
34,553 corpus weight
- recensée
recensée
34,552 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ravine » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ravine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.vin\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,446 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ravine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ravine is uncommon French at frequency #65,446 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.vin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
ravine has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ravine, spelled R-A-V-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Petit ravin.
- 2Torrent quels que soient sa taille, sa largeur, sa longueur, son débit..
- 3Ride profonde.
- 4Amorce d’un ravinement ; le torrent de boue qui résulte d’un ravinement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ravine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En effet, j’entendais se briser dans une espèce de ravine les eaux d’une petite rivière, qui descendait du versant occidental du mont Cheville.
Le corps n’est pas loin, dit un muletier, je l’aperçois qui flotte au fond de la ravine, gonflé d’eau comme une outre.
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); 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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