rêver

\ʁe.ve\

/\ʁe.ve\/ verb

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The verdict

“rêver” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,528. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,528
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire des rêves en dormant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rever · rêver · French

rêver · rank #4,528 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,528
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stéphane

Nearest frequency peer: Stéphane (+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 « rêver »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rêver » 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).

rêver vs rive
60% similar
rêver vs revu
40% similar
rêver vs ruer
60% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rêver »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rêverse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Stéphane » (#4,529), « Rouen » (#4,526), « suspect » (#4,530). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rêver » est au #4,528. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rêver (IPA \ʁe.ve\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,528 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rêver, with forms such as "rever", "rrêver", and "rvêer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rêver, spelled R-Ê-V-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Rêvé-je ? Est-ce que je sommeille ? Ai-je l’esprit troublé par des transports puissants ? Ne sens-je pas bien que je veille ? Ne suis-je pas dans mon bon sens ?
  2. Et, allongé sur un lit d’ordures humides, un cochon tout rose, assoupi, grognait en rêvant.

This word in other languages

dream(English)soñar(Español)träumen(Deutsch)sonhar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rever
  • rrêver
  • rvêer
  • rêevr
  • rêverr
  • rêvre
  • rêvver
  • êrver

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rêver - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

rever1rrêver1rvêer2rêevr2rêverr1rêvre2rêvver1êrver2
Edit distance from "rêver"

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 "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?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Rouen#4,526veste#4,536pomme#4,518noble#4,513

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

ultime8 variantsépaule8 variantsappuyer8 variantsMathieu8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list