ravievsrêvéeConfusable pair

Which to use

“ravie” and “rêvée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,391
“ravie” frequency rank
#25,490
“rêvée” frequency rank
35881
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ravie rêvée
Definition Féminin singulier de ravi. Féminin singulier de rêvé.

Where the eye mixes ravie and rêvée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
ravie
5 ch
rêvée

Look-alike desk: ravie vs rêvée

A purely visual mix-up. ravie (\ʁa.vi\) and rêvée (\ʁɛ.ve\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35881, 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\. rêvée is at rank #25,490, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁɛ.ve\.

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 35881, this pair ranks #273,551 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ravie vs rêvée

Shared letters: erv. Private to "ravie": ai. Private to "rêvée": éê.

"ravie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "rêvée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • raviearvie · raive · ravei · ravvie · rravie

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ravie" for "rêvée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.vi\ versus \ʁɛ.ve\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "ravie" or "rêvée"?
"ravie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,391 in our French list, against #25,490 for "rêvée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "ravie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rêvée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #273,551 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ravie" and "rêvée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rêvée vs revêtue". 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 #273,551 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list