rêvais
\ʁɛ.vɛ\
The verdict
“rêvais” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,084. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,084
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rêver.
Corpus desk
Index FR-revais · rêvais · French
rêvais · rank #22,084 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,084
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH révocation
Nearest frequency peer: révocation (-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 « rêvais »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- rwandais
rwandais
77,920 corpus weight
- réunificati…
réunification
77,919 corpus weight
- révocation
révocation
77,918 corpus weight
- rêvais
rêvais
77,917 corpus weight
- safe
safe
77,915 corpus weight
- salutations
salutations
77,914 corpus weight
What this shows « rêvais » 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 | rêvais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɛ.vɛ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,084 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rêvais »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around rêvais (IPA \ʁɛ.vɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,084 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rêvais, with forms such as "revais", "rrêvais", and "rvêais". 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, "revus", "revit", "revis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rêvais, spelled R-Ê-V-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rêver.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de rêver.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rêvais appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La frugalité et le déni de soi étaient deux doctrines familiales qu’on m’avait inculquées dès ma plus tendre enfance ; à présent, je ne rêvais que de les jeter aux orties.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- revais
- rrêvais
- rvêais
- rêavis
- rêvaiss
- rêvasi
- rêvias
- rêvvais
- êrvais
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rêvais - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rêvais", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).