piqûre de rappel

\pi.kyʁ də ʁa.pɛl\

/\pi.kyʁ də ʁa.pɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“piqûre de rappel” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Injection d’un vaccin, déjà reçu antérieurement par le patient, pour optimiser ses défenses immunitaires en stimulant la production d’anticorps.

Key facts for piqûre de rappel
PropertyValue
Headwordpiqûre de rappel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pi.kyʁ də ʁa.pɛl\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “piqûre de rappel” sits in French frequency

piqûre de rappel falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

piqûre de rappel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pi.kyʁ də ʁa.pɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for piqûre de rappel, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is piqûre de rappel, spelled P-I-Q-Û-R-E- -D-E- -R-A-P-P-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Injection d’un vaccin, déjà reçu antérieurement par le patient, pour optimiser ses défenses immunitaires en stimulant la production d’anticorps.
  2. 2
    Acte amical ou non, destiné à rappeler à quelqu’un ce qu’il doit faire ou arrêter de faire.

Synonyms

injection de rappelrappelrevaccination

This word in other languages

reminder(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "piqûre de rappel"?
"piqûre de rappel" is spelled P-I-Q-Û-R-E- -D-E- -R-A-P-P-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \pi.kyʁ də ʁa.pɛl\.
What does "piqûre de rappel" mean?
As a noun, "piqûre de rappel" means: Injection d’un vaccin, déjà reçu antérieurement par le patient, pour optimiser ses défenses immunitaires en stimulant la production d’anticorps.
How do you pronounce "piqûre de rappel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "piqûre de rappel" is \pi.kyʁ də ʁa.pɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "piqûre de rappel" come from?
"piqûre de rappel" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “piqûre de rappel”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is P-I-Q-Û-R-E- -D-E- -R-A-P-P-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \pi.kyʁ də ʁa.pɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list