Which to use
“ravager” is a verb and “ravagés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,554
- “ravager” frequency rank
- #49,313
- “ravagés” frequency rank
- 96867
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ravager | ravagés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire du ravage. | Masculin pluriel de ravagé. |
Same sound, different letters: ravager vs ravagés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Homophone desk: ravager vs ravagés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ravager and ravagés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁa.va.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 96867, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ravager is recorded at frequency rank #47,554, classified as averb, 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 96867, this pair ranks #538 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ravager vs ravagés
Shared letters: agrv. Private to "ravager": e. Private to "ravagés": sé.
"ravager" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "ravagés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ravager ← arvager · raavger · ravaegr · ravagerr · ravagger · ravagre · ravgaer · ravvager
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ravager" for "ravagés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ravager" vs "ravagés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "ravager" / "ravagés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "ravager" 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 #538 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ravager" and "ravagés" 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 #538 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.