rapace

\ʁa.pas\

/\ʁa.pas\/ adj

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The verdict

“rapace” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,512. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,512
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est avide, qui se jette sur sa proie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rapace · rapace · French

rapace · rank #37,512 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,512
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Randolph

Nearest frequency peer: Randolph (-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 « rapace »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « rapace » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rapace vs rapide
67% similar
rapace vs réparé
50% similar
rapace vs ravage
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rapace
PropertyValue
Headwordrapace
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁa.pas\
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,512
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rapace »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rapacese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Randolph » (#37,511), « rattachent » (#37,513), « ramènera » (#37,510). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rapace » est au #37,512. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rapace (IPA \ʁa.pas\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,512 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rapace, with forms such as "arpace", "raapce", and "rapacce". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "rapide", "réparé", "ravage", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rapace, spelled R-A-P-A-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est avide, qui se jette sur sa proie.
  2. 2
    Qui est âpre au gain, avide de butin.
  3. 3
    Qualifie ce qui est propre aux oiseaux de proie ou ce qui y ressemble.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how rapace appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le vautour est très rapace.
  2. Il s’en retourna repu et orgueilleux, pour raconter à ses rapaces compatriotes la richesse et la simplicité de nos nobles Saxons.

This word in other languages

rapacious(English)rapaz(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arpace
  • raapce
  • rapacce
  • rapaec
  • rapcae
  • rappace
  • rpaace
  • rrapace

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rapace - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

arpace2raapce2rapacce1rapaec2rapcae2rappace1rpaace2rrapace1
Edit distance from "rapace"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rapace"?
"rapace" is spelled R-A-P-A-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.pas\.
What does "rapace" mean?
As an adjective, "rapace" means: Qui est avide, qui se jette sur sa proie.
What words are commonly confused with "rapace"?
"rapace" is commonly confused with "rapide", "réparé", "ravage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rapace"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rapace" is \ʁa.pas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rapace" come from?
"rapace" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rapace", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Reddit#37,516quidam#37,506rigaud#37,531ruinés#37,536

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

pliant8 variantsPigalle8 variantssands8 variantspaumée8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list