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.
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
- ravie ← arvie · raive · ravei · ravvie · rravie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ravie" for "rêvée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ravie" or "rêvée"?
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.