rêver

/\ʁe.ve\/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,528

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rêver is aFrenchverb. It means: Faire des rêves en dormant. Pronounced \ʁe.ve\. It ranks #4,528 in French word frequency. Often confused with rive and revu.

Key facts for rêver
PropertyValue
Headwordrêver
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁe.ve\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,528
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rêver in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rêver is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁe.ve\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,528 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rêver, with forms such as "rever", "rrêver", and "rvêer". 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, "rive", "revu", "ruer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is rêver, spelled R-Ê-V-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire des rêves en dormant.
  2. 2
    Être en délire, délirer.
  3. 3
    Dire des choses déraisonnables, extravagantes.
  4. 4
    Être distrait, laisser aller son imagination sur des choses vagues, sans aucun objet fixe et certain.
  5. 5
    Laisser aller librement son imagination, ses pensées.
  6. 6
    Se réfugier dans ses souvenirs, dans son fantasme, dans son imagination, dans ses projets.
  7. 7
    Espérer, désirer.
  8. 8
    Penser, méditer profondément sur quelque chose.
  9. 9
    S’absorber dans un désir.
  10. 10
    S’imaginer être.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rever,rrêver,rvêer,rêevr,rêverr,rêvre,rêvver,êrver

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rêver

Misspelling Variants of "rêver"

rever5rrêver6rvêer5rêevr5rêverr6rêvre5rêvver6êrver5
Misspelling Variants of "rêver"

Frequency rank: #4,528 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rêver"?
"rêver" is spelled R-Ê-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁe.ve\.
What does "rêver" mean?
As a verb, "rêver" means: Faire des rêves en dormant.
What words are commonly confused with "rêver"?
"rêver" is commonly confused with "rive", "revu", "ruer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rêver"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rêver" is \ʁe.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rêver" come from?
"rêver" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.