Which to use
“ravagés” is an adjective and “ravaler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,313
- “ravagés” frequency rank
- #44,673
- “ravaler” frequency rank
- 93986
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ravagés | ravaler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de ravagé. | Ingurgiter de nouveau, faire descendre dans le gosier. |
Where the eye mixes ravagés and ravaler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. ravagés and ravaler follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between ravagés and ravaler
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ravagés is \ʁa.va.ʒe\ while ravaler is \ʁa.va.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93986, 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\. ravaler is at rank #44,673, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.va.le\.
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 93986, this pair ranks #1,911 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ravagés vs ravaler
Shared letters: arv. Private to "ravagés": gsé. Private to "ravaler": el.
"ravagés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "ravaler" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ravaler ← arvaler · raavler · ravaelr · ravalerr · ravaller · ravalre · ravlaer · ravvaler
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ravagés" for "ravaler" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ravagés" or "ravaler"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "ravagés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ravaler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,911 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ravagés" and "ravaler" 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 #1,911 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.