Which to use
“ravagée” is an adjective and “ravager” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,591
- “ravagée” frequency rank
- #47,554
- “ravager” frequency rank
- 75145
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ravagée | ravager |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de ravagé. | Faire du ravage. |
Same sound, different letters: ravagée vs ravager
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - ravagée and ravager
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ravagée and ravager carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁa.va.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75145, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ravagée is recorded at frequency rank #27,591, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.va.ʒe\. ravager is at rank #47,554, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.va.ʒe\.
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 75145, this pair ranks #35,006 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ravagée vs ravager
Shared letters: aegrv. Private to "ravagée": é. Private to "ravager": -.
"ravagée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "ravager" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ravager ← arvager · raavger · ravaegr · ravagerr · ravagger · ravagre · ravgaer · ravvager
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ravagée" and "ravager" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "ravagée" or "ravager"?
What to do next
"ravagée" and "ravager" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "ravagée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ravager" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,006 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ravagée" and "ravager" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ravager vs ravagés". 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 #35,006 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.