Which to use
“riva” and “rivés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,972
- “riva” frequency rank
- #31,229
- “rivés” frequency rank
- 72201
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | riva | rivés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de river. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de river. |
Where the eye mixes riva and rivés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. riva runs 4 letters (CVCV) against rivés's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: riva vs rivés
A purely visual mix-up. riva (\ʁi.va\) and rivés (\ʁi.ve\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72201, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
riva is recorded at frequency rank #40,972, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁi.va\. rivés is at rank #31,229, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁi.ve\.
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 72201, this pair ranks #44,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of riva vs rivés
Shared letters: irv. Private to "riva": a. Private to "rivés": sé.
"riva" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "rivés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- riva ← irva · riav · rivva · rriva · rvia
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "riva" for "rivés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "riva" or "rivés" 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 "riva" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rivés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,838 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "riva" and "rivés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "riva vs roya". 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 #44,838 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.