rivages

\ʁi.vaʒ\

/\ʁi.vaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“rivages” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,843. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,843
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de rivage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rivages · rivages · French

rivages · rank #20,843 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,843
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH risquerait

Nearest frequency peer: risquerait (-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 « rivages »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rivages » 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).

rivages vs rivés
57% similar
rivages vs rivale
71% similar
rivages vs rouages
71% similar

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

Key facts for rivages
PropertyValue
Headwordrivages
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁi.vaʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,843
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rivages »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rivagesse 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 « risquerait » (#20,842), « richards » (#20,841), « rogue » (#20,845). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rivages » est au #20,843. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around rivages (IPA \ʁi.vaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,843 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de rivage.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rivages, with forms such as "irvages", "riavges", and "rivaegs". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "rivés", "rivale", "rouages", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rivages, spelled R-I-V-A-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de rivage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Seigneur, viens à mon aide ! Ne sois pas mort ! Que notre sœur la mort te désaccouche, qu’elle t’enlève tes langes, qu’elle te naufrage de nouveau sur nos rivages !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irvages
  • riavges
  • rivaegs
  • rivagess
  • rivagges
  • rivagse
  • rivgaes
  • rivvages
  • rrivages
  • rviages

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irvages2riavges2rivaegs2rivagess1rivagges1rivagse2rivgaes2rivvages1
Edit distance from "rivages"

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 "rivages"?
"rivages" is spelled R-I-V-A-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.vaʒ\.
What does "rivages" mean?
As a noun, "rivages" means: Pluriel de rivage.
What words are commonly confused with "rivages"?
"rivages" is commonly confused with "rivés", "rivale", "rouages". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rivages"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rivages" is \ʁi.vaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rivages" come from?
"rivages" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

refuges#20,836Shirley#20,852sortais#20,857plantée#20,818

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

raclette10 variantsprélat10 variantsprompt10 variantstotales10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list