Which to use
“ravisseur” and “régisseur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,675
- “ravisseur” frequency rank
- #29,961
- “régisseur” frequency rank
- 74636
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ravisseur | régisseur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui ravit, qui enlève avec violence. | Homme qui régit, qui gère par commission et a la charge de rendre compte. |
Where the eye mixes ravisseur and régisseur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. ravisseur and régisseur follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between ravisseur and régisseur
A purely visual mix-up. ravisseur (\ʁa.vi.sœʁ\) and régisseur (\ʁe.ʒi.sœʁ\) 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 74636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ravisseur is recorded at frequency rank #44,675, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁa.vi.sœʁ\. régisseur is at rank #29,961, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ʒi.sœʁ\.
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 74636, this pair ranks #36,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ravisseur vs régisseur
Shared letters: eirsu. Private to "ravisseur": av. Private to "régisseur": gé.
"ravisseur" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC · "régisseur" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ravisseur ← arvisseur · raivsseur · ravisesur · raviseur · ravisseru · ravisseurr · ravissuer · ravsiseur
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ravisseur" for "régisseur" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "ravisseur" or "régisseur" show up more?
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 "ravisseur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "régisseur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ravisseur" and "régisseur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ratisser vs ravisseur". 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 #36,535 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.