ravisvsravitWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ravis is a adjective, ravit is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ravis” is an adjective and “ravit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,654
“ravis” frequency rank
#35,234
“ravit” frequency rank
47888
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ravis ravit
Definition Masculin pluriel de ravi. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ravir.

Same sound, different letters: ravis vs ravit

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.

5 ch
ravis
5 ch
ravit

Ear matches; page differs - ravis and ravit

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: ravis and ravit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁa.vi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - s in “ravis” becomes t in “ravit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ravis is recorded at frequency rank #12,654, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.vi\. 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 47888, this pair ranks #183,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ravis vs ravit

Shared letters: airv. Private to "ravis": s. Private to "ravit": t.

"ravis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "ravit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ravisarvis · raivs · raviss · ravsi · ravvis · rravis
  • ravitarvit · raivt · ravitt · ravti · ravvit · rravit · rvait

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ravis" for "ravit" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ravis" is an adjective and "ravit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ravis" or "ravit"?
"ravis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,654 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.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "ravis" / "ravit". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ravis" 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 #183,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ravis" 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 #183,356 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