ravioli
\ʁa.vjɔ.li\
The verdict
“ravioli” is uncommon French (frequency #59,576 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,576
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite enveloppe de pâte garnie, de forme variée, et bien assaisonnée, et que l’on cuit dans du bouillon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ravioli · ravioli · French
ravioli · rank #59,576 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,576
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH rapprochez
Nearest frequency peer: rapprochez (-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 « ravioli »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- rajoutés
rajoutés
40,428 corpus weight
- rancunes
rancunes
40,427 corpus weight
- rapprochez
rapprochez
40,426 corpus weight
- ravioli
ravioli
40,425 corpus weight
- rayonnent
rayonnent
40,424 corpus weight
- recoupements
recoupements
40,422 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ravioli » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ravioli |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.vjɔ.li\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ravioli » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ravioli is uncommon French at frequency #59,576 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁa.vjɔ.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petite enveloppe de pâte garnie, de forme variée, et bien assaisonnée, et que l’on cuit dans du bouillon.".
ravioli doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ravioli, spelled R-A-V-I-O-L-I.
Definition
- 1Petite enveloppe de pâte garnie, de forme variée, et bien assaisonnée, et que l’on cuit dans du bouillon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ravioli appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les particularités des raviolis résident non seulement dans leur farce, qui au fil des recettes peut changer, mais aussi dans leur forme, ou encore dans leur cuisson.
Côté cuisine, les plats sont d'une grande fraicheur et les assiettes bien présentées : raviolis niçois à la ricotta et copeaux de truffes, cabillaud demi-sel en aïoli et légumes du jardin, […]
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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