river

\ʁi.ve\

/\ʁi.ve\/ verb

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The verdict

“river” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,780. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,780
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assembler des pièces de charpente ou des pièces métalliques plates et des tôles au moyen de rivets, riveter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-river · river · French

river · rank #10,780 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,780
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rime

Nearest frequency peer: rime (-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 « river »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « river » 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).

river vs rixe
60% similar
river vs ruer
60% similar
river vs Roger
40% similar

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

Key facts for river
PropertyValue
Headwordriver
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁi.ve\
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,780
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « river »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).riverse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rime » (#10,779), « ruisseau » (#10,781), « rhum » (#10,778). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « river » est au #10,780. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around river (IPA \ʁi.ve\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,780 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for river, with forms such as "irver", "rievr", and "riverr". 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, "rixe", "ruer", "Roger", 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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is river, spelled R-I-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Assembler des pièces de charpente ou des pièces métalliques plates et des tôles au moyen de rivets, riveter.
  2. 2
    Attacher, assujettir à quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Rabattre la pointe d’un clou sur l’autre côté de l’assemblage qu’il transperce et l’aplatir pour donner de la résistance à la fixation.
  4. 4
    Fixer attentivement, en parlant du regard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La tour Eiffel ou les grands halls métalliques de la fin du XIXᵉ siècle (genre pavillon Balthar, le Grand Palais ou le viaduc de Garabit) ainsi que tous les navires étaient rivés (assemblés par rivets). Cette technique est toujours utilisée, notamment pour la réparation de ces grandes constructions, mais aussi pour des assemblages plus petits et bien spéc…
  2. Le peuple au collier de misère Sera-t-il donc toujours rivé ?...

This word in other languages

rivet(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irver
  • rievr
  • riverr
  • rivre
  • rivver
  • rriver
  • rvier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irver2rievr2riverr1rivre2rivver1rriver1rvier2
Edit distance from "river"

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 "river"?
"river" is spelled R-I-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.ve\.
What does "river" mean?
As a verb, "river" means: Assembler des pièces de charpente ou des pièces métalliques plates et des tôles au moyen de rivets, riveter.
What words are commonly confused with "river"?
"river" is commonly confused with "rixe", "ruer", "Roger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "river"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "river" is \ʁi.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "river" come from?
"river" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

state#10,789value#10,803néant#10,754Vénus#10,807

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

natif7 variantsBrille7 variantscamus7 variantsclose7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list