ravisseur

\ʁa.vi.sœʁ\

/\ʁa.vi.sœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ravisseur” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,675. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,675
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui ravit, qui enlève avec violence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ravisseur · ravisseur · French

ravisseur · rank #44,675 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,675
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH ravissement

Nearest frequency peer: ravissement (-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 « ravisseur »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ravisseur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

ravisseur vs régisseur
78% similar
ravisseur vs ravisseurs
90% similar
ravisseur vs ratisser
78% similar

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

Key facts for ravisseur
PropertyValue
Headwordravisseur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁa.vi.sœʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#44,675
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ravisseur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ravisseurse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ravissement » (#44,674), « recherchais » (#44,676), « ravaler » (#44,673). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « ravisseur » est au #44,675. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around ravisseur (IPA \ʁa.vi.sœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,675 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ravisseur, with forms such as "arvisseur", "raivsseur", and "ravisesur". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "régisseur", "ravisseurs", "ratisser", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ravisseur, spelled R-A-V-I-S-S-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui ravit, qui enlève avec violence.
  2. 2
    Celui qui ravit une femme ou une jeune fille.
  3. 3
    Celui qui enlève une ou des personnes pour en faire des otages ou des victimes sexuelles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les ravisseurs du bien d’autrui. - Un injuste ravisseur l’a privé de son bien.
  2. En ce moment le général rencontra l'œil fauve du ravisseur de sa fille. Le père et le gendre se reconnurent tout à coup.

Synonyms

kidnappeur

This word in other languages

ravisher(English)bandido(Español)Entführer(Deutsch)salteador(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arvisseur
  • raivsseur
  • ravisesur
  • raviseur
  • ravisseru
  • ravisseurr
  • ravissuer
  • ravsiseur
  • ravvisseur
  • rravisseur
  • rvaisseur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ravisseur - 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.

arvisseur2raivsseur2ravisesur2raviseur1ravisseru2ravisseurr1ravissuer2ravsiseur2
Edit distance from "ravisseur"

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 "ravisseur"?
"ravisseur" is spelled R-A-V-I-S-S-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.vi.sœʁ\.
What does "ravisseur" mean?
As a noun, "ravisseur" means: Celui qui ravit, qui enlève avec violence.
What words are commonly confused with "ravisseur"?
"ravisseur" is commonly confused with "régisseur", "ravisseurs", "ratisser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ravisseur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ravisseur" is \ʁa.vi.sœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ravisseur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reflétait#44,681renommées#44,686retracent#44,690pyramidal#44,656

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

ranking11 variantsrituelles11 variantspolissage11 variantsplafonné11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list