ravirvsravitConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#18,850
“ravir” frequency rank
#35,234
“ravit” frequency rank
54084
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ravir ravit
Definition Enlever de force, emporter avec violence. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ravir.

Where the eye mixes ravir and ravit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
ravir
5 ch
ravit

Visual trap between ravir and ravit

A purely visual mix-up. ravir (\ʁa.viʁ\) and ravit (\ʁa.vi\) 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 a single letter - r in “ravir” becomes t in “ravit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ravir is recorded at frequency rank #18,850, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.viʁ\. ravit is at rank #35,234, tagged as averb, 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 54084, this pair ranks #136,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ravir vs ravit

Shared letters: airv. Private to "ravir": -. Private to "ravit": t.

"ravir" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "ravit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ravirarvir · raivr · ravirr · ravri · ravvir · rravir · rvair
  • ravitarvit · raivt · ravitt · ravti · ravvit · rravit · rvait

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ravir" and "ravit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.viʁ\ versus \ʁa.vi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "ravir" or "ravit" show up more?
"ravir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,850 in our French list, against #35,234 for "ravit". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "ravir" and "ravit" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ravir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ravit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #136,415 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ravir" and "ravit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ravit vs relit". 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 #136,415 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