appel
\a.pɛl\
The verdict
“appel” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #703 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #703
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action d’appeler par la voix, par un geste ou par tout autre signal, pour faire venir à soi.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | appel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.pɛl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “appel” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for appel is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.pɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #703 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for appel, with forms such as "apel", "apepl", and "appell". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "apte", "axel", "apps", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is appel, spelled A-P-P-E-L.
Definition
- 1Action d’appeler par la voix, par un geste ou par tout autre signal, pour faire venir à soi.
- 2Lors d’une progression en virée, annonce à haute voix des arbres marqués afin qu’ils soient enregistrés par le pointeur et que les autres membres des virées soient informés du marquage effectué.
- 3Entrée en communication par l’intermédiaire du téléphone.
- 4Action d’appeler au moyen d’un signal des personnes à s’assembler.
- 5Action de réclamer, d’invoquer.
- 6Élan que l’on prend en appuyant sur le sol le pied qui va assurer la projection du corps.
- 7: Battement du pied fait sur place pour commencer l’attaque.
- 8Action d’appeler à haute voix des personnes qui doivent se trouver dans une classe, un groupe, etc., afin de s’assurer qu’elles sont présentes.
- 9Demander à ce qu’une affaire soit rejugée en seconde instance.
- 10Action d’appeler à haute voix chaque membre d’une assemblée parlementaire pour qu’il exprime son opinion ou donne son vote.
- 11Provocation en duel, un cartel. On dit plus ordinairement défi.
- 12Action d’appeler des conscrits sous les drapeaux.
- 13Utilisation d'une variable connue ou exécution d’une fonction connue.
- 14Fait de se sentir irrésistiblement enjoint de faire un choix de vie crucial.
- 15(Vocabulaire technique) et Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)
- 16Introduction d’adresse polie et formelle au destinataire.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apel,apepl,appell,papel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of appel - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “appel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is A-P-P-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \a.pɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “apte” - see the side-by-side comparison. appel vs apte
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.