ravit

\ʁa.vi\

/\ʁa.vi\/ verb

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The verdict

“ravit” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,234. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,234
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ravir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ravit · ravit · French

ravit · rank #35,234 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,234
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rationnement

Nearest frequency peer: rationnement (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “ravit”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “ravit” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

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).

ravit vs récit
60% similar
ravit vs répit
60% similar
ravit vs revêt
60% similar

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

Key facts for ravit
PropertyValue
Headwordravit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.vi\
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,234
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “ravit” se place dans la fréquence du français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ravitse 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 « rationnement » (#35,233), « rebeu » (#35,235), « rapt » (#35,232). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around ravit (IPA \ʁa.vi\), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,234 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for ravit, with forms such as "arvit", "raivt", and "ravitt". 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, "récit", "répit", "revêt", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ravit, spelled R-A-V-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ravir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de ravir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Voilà une nouvelle qui ravit la France, et surtout sa miss actuelle, Diane Leyre.
  2. L’élu se ravit que désormais les visiteurs puissent se promener sur le toit de la criée.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arvit
  • raivt
  • ravitt
  • ravti
  • ravvit
  • rravit
  • rvait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

arvit2raivt2ravitt1ravti2ravvit1rravit1rvait2
Edit distance from "ravit"

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 "ravit"?
"ravit" is spelled R-A-V-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.vi\.
What does "ravit" mean?
As a verb, "ravit" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ravir.
What words are commonly confused with "ravit"?
"ravit" is commonly confused with "récit", "répit", "revêt". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ravit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ravit" is \ʁa.vi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ravit" come from?
"ravit" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rebeu#35,235Péguy#35,227rince#35,255rogne#35,257

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Pégase7 variantsRobben7 variantsOthon7 variantsstoke7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list