rêve
\ʁɛv\
The verdict
“rêve” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,210. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,210
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Expérience illusoire, souvent absurde, agréable ou désagréable, vécue à la faveur d'une activité cérébrale pendant le sommeil.
Corpus desk
Index FR-reve · rêve · French
rêve · rank #1,210 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,210
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH revient
Nearest frequency peer: revient (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rêve”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- propres
propres
98,795 corpus weight
- regard
regard
98,794 corpus weight
- représente
représente
98,793 corpus weight
- revient
revient
98,792 corpus weight
- rêve
rêve
98,791 corpus weight
- science
science
98,790 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rêve” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | rêve |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁɛv\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rêve” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around rêve (IPA \ʁɛv\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,210 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for rêve, with forms such as "reve", "rrêve", and "rvêe". 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, "RV", "rue", "rex", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rêve, spelled R-Ê-V-E.
Definition
- 1Expérience illusoire, souvent absurde, agréable ou désagréable, vécue à la faveur d'une activité cérébrale pendant le sommeil.
- 2Chose plaisante par opposition à cauchemar (pendant le sommeil ou non).
- 3Projet sans fondement, chimère, utopie.
- 4Désir, espérance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rêve appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y eut encore entre ce moment de somnolence et le sommeil réel un intervalle pareil à celui du crépuscule, qui sépare le jour de la nuit, intervalle bizarre et indescriptible pendant lequel la réalité se confond avec le rêve, de manière qu’il n’y a ni rêve ni réalité; […].
— Ce que nous voyons la nuit, ce sont les restes malheureux de ce que nous avons négligé dans la veille. Le rêve est souvent la revanche des choses qu’on méprise ou le reproche des êtres abandonnés. De là son imprévu et parfois sa tristesse.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- reve
- rrêve
- rvêe
- rêev
- rêvve
- êrve
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rêve - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rêve", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.