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

#35,234
“ravit” frequency rank
#31,224
“revit” frequency rank
66458
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ravit revit
Definition Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ravir. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de revivre.

Where the eye mixes ravit and revit

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. ravit and revit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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ravit
5 ch
revit

Why the eye confuses ravit with revit

A purely visual mix-up. ravit (\ʁa.vi\) and revit (\ʁə.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 - a in “ravit” becomes e in “revit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ravit is recorded at frequency rank #35,234, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.vi\. revit is at rank #31,224, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.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 66458, this pair ranks #67,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ravit vs revit

Shared letters: irtv. Private to "ravit": a. Private to "revit": e.

"ravit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "revit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ravit ← arvit · raivt · ravitt · ravti · ravvit · rravit · rvait
  • revit ← ervit · reivt · revitt · revti · revvit · rrevit · rveit

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ravit" and "revit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.vi\ versus \ʁə.vi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ravit" vs "revit" - which ranks higher?
"revit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,224 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

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ravit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "revit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,731 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ravit" and "revit" 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 #67,731 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