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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ravir" and "ravit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ravir" or "ravit" show up more?
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.