Which to use
“rafler” and “ravaler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,451
- “rafler” frequency rank
- #44,673
- “ravaler” frequency rank
- 85124
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rafler | ravaler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Emporter brutalement, sans rien laisser. | Ingurgiter de nouveau, faire descendre dans le gosier. |
Where the eye mixes rafler and ravaler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. rafler runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against ravaler's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: rafler vs ravaler
A purely visual mix-up. rafler (\ʁa.fle\) and ravaler (\ʁa.va.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85124, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rafler is recorded at frequency rank #40,451, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.fle\. ravaler is at rank #44,673, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.va.le\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 85124, this pair ranks #11,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rafler vs ravaler
Shared letters: aelr. Private to "rafler": f. Private to "ravaler": v.
"rafler" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "ravaler" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "rafler" and "ravaler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "rafler" or "ravaler"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "rafler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ravaler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,833 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rafler" and "ravaler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ravagés vs ravaler". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #11,833 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.