rapides
\ʁa.pid\
The verdict
“rapides” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,975. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,975
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de l’adjectif rapide.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rapides · rapides · French
rapides · rank #4,975 · 10 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,975
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH relatif
Nearest frequency peer: relatif (+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 « rapides »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- prononcer
prononcer
95,030 corpus weight
- présentés
présentés
95,028 corpus weight
- rapides
rapides
95,026 corpus weight
- relatif
relatif
95,025 corpus weight
- relatives
relatives
95,024 corpus weight
- religions
religions
95,023 corpus weight
What this shows « rapides » 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 | rapides |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʁa.pid\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rapides »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around rapides (IPA \ʁa.pid\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,975 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de l’adjectif rapide.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rapides, with forms such as "arpides", "raipdes", and "rapdies". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "rides", "rigides", "raide", 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 rapides, spelled R-A-P-I-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de l’adjectif rapide.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how rapides appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il ne faut pas faire de généralisations rapides, mais il semble bien qu’un commerçant déchaussé et déchaussetté penché sur ses arpions se met dans une situation inférieure vis-à-vis du client.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arpides
- raipdes
- rapdies
- rapiddes
- rapidess
- rapidse
- rapieds
- rappides
- rpaides
- rrapides
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rapides - 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.
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).