Which to use
“ravagés” and “ravageurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,313
- “ravagés” frequency rank
- #41,487
- “ravageurs” frequency rank
- 90800
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ravagés | ravageurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de ravagé. | Masculin pluriel de ravageur. |
Where the eye mixes ravagés and ravageurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. ravagés runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against ravageurs's 9 (CVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses ravagés with ravageurs
A purely visual mix-up. ravagés (\ʁa.va.ʒe\) and ravageurs (\ʁa.va.ʒœʁ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90800, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ravagés is recorded at frequency rank #49,313, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.va.ʒe\. ravageurs is at rank #41,487, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.va.ʒœʁ\.
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 90800, this pair ranks #4,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ravagés vs ravageurs
Shared letters: agrsv. Private to "ravagés": é. Private to "ravageurs": eu.
"ravagés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "ravageurs" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ravageurs ← arvageurs · raavgeurs · ravaegurs · ravagerus · ravageurrs · ravageurss · ravageusr · ravaggeurs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ravagés" for "ravageurs" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ravagés" vs "ravageurs" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ravagés" and "ravageurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ravagés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ravageurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,459 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ravagés" and "ravageurs" 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 #4,459 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.