Which to use
“ravagée” and “ravagés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,591
- “ravagée” frequency rank
- #49,313
- “ravagés” frequency rank
- 76904
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ravagée | ravagés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de ravagé. | Masculin pluriel de ravagé. |
Same sound, different letters: ravagée vs ravagés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. ravagée (CVCVCVV) and ravagés (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: ravagée vs ravagés
This is the hard kind. ravagée and ravagés are pronounced identically (\ʁa.va.ʒe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “ravagée” becomes s in “ravagés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76904, 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\. ravagés is at rank #49,313, tagged as anadj, 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 76904, this pair ranks #29,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ravagée vs ravagés
Shared letters: agrvé. Private to "ravagée": e. Private to "ravagés": s.
"ravagée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "ravagés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ravagée" and "ravagés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "ravagée" / "ravagés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "ravagée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ravagés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,860 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ravagée" and "ravagés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ravager vs ravagés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #29,860 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.