Raphaël
\ʁa.fa.ɛl\
The verdict
“Raphaël” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,490. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,490
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-raphael · Raphaël · French
Raphaël · rank #7,490 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,490
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH péril
Nearest frequency peer: péril (-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 « Raphaël »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- préjugés
préjugés
92,514 corpus weight
- pénible
pénible
92,513 corpus weight
- péril
péril
92,512 corpus weight
- Raphaël
Raphaël
92,511 corpus weight
- repousser
repousser
92,509 corpus weight
- représentée
représentée
92,508 corpus weight
What this shows « Raphaël » 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 | Raphaël |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.fa.ɛl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Raphaël »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Raphaël (IPA \ʁa.fa.ɛl\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,490 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Raphaël, with forms such as "arphaël", "rahpaël", and "rapahël". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "rappel", "Raphaëlle", "Rachel", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Raphaël, spelled R-A-P-H-A-Ë-L.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Raphaël appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils dormaient tous les deux sur la banquette du fond, Raphaël et Méthode.
Le maire divers droite de Soyaux, François Nebout, était sur la même longueur d’onde que l’élu d’opposition d’extrême gauche Raphaël Manzanas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arphaël
- rahpaël
- rapahël
- raphalë
- raphaëll
- raphhaël
- raphëal
- rapphaël
- rpahaël
- rraphaël
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Raphaël - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Raphaël"?
What does "Raphaël" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Raphaël"?
How do you pronounce "Raphaël"?
What language does "Raphaël" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Raphaël", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).