Which to use
“ravage” and “rodage” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,467
- “ravage” frequency rank
- #48,768
- “rodage” frequency rank
- 74235
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ravage | rodage |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de ravager. | Action de roder. |
Where the eye mixes ravage and rodage
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. ravage and rodage follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: ravage vs rodage
A purely visual mix-up. ravage (\ʁa.vaʒ\) and rodage (\ʁɔ.daʒ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74235, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ravage is recorded at frequency rank #25,467, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.vaʒ\. rodage is at rank #48,768, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁɔ.daʒ\.
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 74235, this pair ranks #37,781 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ravage vs rodage
Shared letters: aegr. Private to "ravage": v. Private to "rodage": do.
"ravage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "rodage" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ravage" for "rodage" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ravage" vs "rodage" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ravage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rodage" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,781 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ravage" and "rodage" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rodage vs routage". 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 #37,781 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.