rivières

\ʁi.vjɛʁ\

/\ʁi.vjɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“rivières” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,707. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,707
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-rivieres · rivières · French

rivières · rank #4,707 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,707
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rendement

Nearest frequency peer: rendement (-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 « rivières »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rivières » 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).

rivières vs rizières
88% similar
rivières vs rivière
88% similar
rivières vs riviera
63% similar

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

Key facts for rivières
PropertyValue
Headwordrivières
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁi.vjɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,707
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rivières »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rivièresse 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 « rendement » (#4,706), « réduite » (#4,708), « qualification » (#4,705). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rivières » est au #4,707. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around rivières (IPA \ʁi.vjɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,707 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de rivière.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for rivières, with forms such as "irvières", "riivères", and "rivieres". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "rizières", "rivière", "riviera", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is rivières, spelled R-I-V-I-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de rivière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les castors se sont réfugiés par petits détachements sur les rives des plus lointaines rivières.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • irvières
  • riivères
  • rivieres
  • rivirèes
  • rivièers
  • rivièress
  • rivièrres
  • rivièrse
  • rivvières
  • rivèires
  • rrivières
  • rviières

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

irvières2riivères2rivieres1rivirèes2rivièers2rivièress1rivièrres1rivièrse2
Edit distance from "rivières"

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 "rivières"?
"rivières" is spelled R-I-V-I-È-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁi.vjɛʁ\.
What does "rivières" mean?
As a noun, "rivières" means: Pluriel de rivière.
What words are commonly confused with "rivières"?
"rivières" is commonly confused with "rizières", "rivière", "riviera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rivières"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rivières" is \ʁi.vjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rivières" come from?
"rivières" 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 "rivières", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pyrénées#4,704passages#4,698moyennes#4,694location#4,687

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

instance12 variantscoalition12 variantshôpitaux12 variantsconnaissais12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list