rapide

\ʁa.pid\

/\ʁa.pid\/ adj

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The verdict

“rapide” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,275. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,275
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se meut avec vitesse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rapide · rapide · French

rapide · rank #1,275 · 8 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,275
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH procès

Nearest frequency peer: procès (-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 « rapide »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rapide » 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).

rapide vs ravie
67% similar
rapide vs rigide
67% similar
rapide vs rapides
86% similar

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

Key facts for rapide
PropertyValue
Headwordrapide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁa.pid\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,275
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rapide »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rapidese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « procès » (#1,274), « réseaux » (#1,276), « privé » (#1,273). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rapide » est au #1,275. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rapide (IPA \ʁa.pid\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,275 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rapide, with forms such as "arpide", "raipde", and "rapdie". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "ravie", "rigide", "rapides", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rapide, spelled R-A-P-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui se meut avec vitesse.
  2. 2
    Qui se fait avec vitesse.
  3. 3
    Très incliné.
  4. 4
    Qui comprend, qui agit avec rapidité.
  5. 5
    Animé, vif, entrainant.
  6. 6
    Qualifie une cadence de jeu où le temps de réflexion de chaque joueur est réduit.
  7. 7
    Qualifie une cadence de jeu où le temps de réflexion de chaque joueur est réduit.
  8. 8
    Qualifie une cadence de jeu où le temps de réflexion de chaque joueur est réduit.
  9. 9
    Qualifie une cadence de jeu où le temps de réflexion de chaque joueur est réduit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Maintenant de longues distances nous séparent et le fleuve rapide m’accompagne.
  2. Une marche rapide. — Le cours rapide d’un fleuve. — Le vol rapide des aigles. — Un mouvement très rapide. — Train rapide.

Synonyms

brefdiligentexpéditifhâtifprécipitépromptvélocevivace

Antonyms

lentlong

This word in other languages

fast(English)rápido(Español)geschwind(Deutsch)rápido(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arpide
  • raipde
  • rapdie
  • rapidde
  • rapied
  • rappide
  • rpaide
  • rrapide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rapide - 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.

arpide2raipde2rapdie2rapidde1rapied2rappide1rpaide2rrapide1
Edit distance from "rapide"

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 "rapide"?
"rapide" is spelled R-A-P-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.pid\.
What does "rapide" mean?
As an adjective, "rapide" means: Qui se meut avec vitesse.
What words are commonly confused with "rapide"?
"rapide" is commonly confused with "ravie", "rigide", "rapides". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rapide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rapide" is \ʁa.pid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rapide" come from?
"rapide" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

procès#1,274pareil#1,271nouvel#1,270malade#1,269

Similar misspelling depth

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

privé8 variantsparlé8 variantsvingt8 variantslignes8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list