Rachel
\ʁa.ʃɛl\
The verdict
“Rachel” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,765. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,765
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dans la Bible, cousine et seconde femme de Jacob.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rachel · Rachel · French
Rachel · rank #8,765 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,765
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH pénis
Nearest frequency peer: pénis (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Rachel »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- puni
puni
91,239 corpus weight
- pénis
pénis
91,237 corpus weight
- Rachel
Rachel
91,236 corpus weight
- reconstruire
reconstruire
91,235 corpus weight
- regroupement
regroupement
91,234 corpus weight
- représentait
représentait
91,233 corpus weight
What this shows « Rachel » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | Rachel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.ʃɛl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,765 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Rachel »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Rachel (IPA \ʁa.ʃɛl\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #8,765 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rachel, with forms such as "archel", "racchel", and "racehl". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "riche", "roche", "ruche", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Rachel, spelled R-A-C-H-E-L.
Definition
- 1Dans la Bible, cousine et seconde femme de Jacob.
- 2Dame de carreau dans un jeu de cartes traditionnel.
- 3Nom de scène de la célèbre tragédienne Élisabeth-Rachel Félix (1821-1858), née en Suisse de parents juifs.
- 4Coupe de cheveux féminine en dégradé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Rachel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Avez-vous vu l’Israélite ? Comment a-t-elle marché ce soir ? L’Israélite, c’était la grande tragédienne Rachel, alors au plus beau moment de sa gloire. — Elle va de plus en plus mal, dit le professeur en haussant les épaules… Cette fille n’a rien… C’est une grue, une vraie grue. — Une vraie grue, ajouta l’élève, et derrière elle les deux autres répétère…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- archel
- racchel
- racehl
- rachell
- rachhel
- rachle
- rahcel
- rcahel
- rrachel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rachel - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).