Which to use
“ravie” and “ravis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,391
- “ravie” frequency rank
- #12,654
- “ravis” frequency rank
- 23045
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ravie | ravis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de ravi. | Masculin pluriel de ravi. |
Same sound, different letters: ravie vs ravis
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - ravie / ravis
This is the hard kind. ravie and ravis are pronounced identically (\ʁa.vi\) 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 “ravie” becomes s in “ravis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23045, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ravie is recorded at frequency rank #10,391, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.vi\. ravis is at rank #12,654, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.vi\.
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 23045, this pair ranks #354,676 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ravie vs ravis
Shared letters: airv. Private to "ravie": e. Private to "ravis": s.
"ravie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "ravis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ravie" and "ravis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ravie" or "ravis" show up more?
After this comparison
"ravie" and "ravis" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "ravie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ravis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #354,676 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ravie" and "ravis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ravis vs Reis". 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 #354,676 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.