rappel
\ʁa.pɛl\
The verdict
“rappel” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,099 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,099
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action par laquelle on rappelle, on fait revenir quelqu’un.
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 | rappel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁa.pɛl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,099 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rappel” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for rappel is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁa.pɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,099 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rappel, with forms such as "arppel", "rapel", and "rapepl". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ravel", "Raquel", "rapper", 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 rappel, spelled R-A-P-P-E-L.
Definition
- 1Action par laquelle on rappelle, on fait revenir quelqu’un.
- 2Action de pardonner et de faire revenir, en parlant de ceux qui ont été disgraciés ou exilés.
- 3Acclamations que l’on fait aux acteurs ou autres artistes pour les faire revenir sur la scène et les applaudir.
- 4Réclamation pour exiger le respect des obligations, des règles ou des lois
- 5Action de faire revenir à la mémoire de quelqu’un.
- 6Manière de battre le tambour pour rassembler une troupe.
- 7Action d’accorder et de payer à quelqu’un des appointements qui étaient restés en suspens, ou bien lorsque, après avoir payé une somme à quelqu’un, il y a lieu, d’après une décision on une vérification ultérieure, de lui payer quelque chose de plus.
- 8Action de ramener à la position initiale.
- 9Action de faire revenir une idée, un motif, un thème musical, une couleur.
- 10En reconnaissance des formes et recherche documentaire, fraction des retours pertinents potentiels qui sont obtenus.
- 11Descente d'une pente à l'aide de cordes.
- 12Nouvelle dose de vaccin administrée afin de renforcer la réponse immunitaire.
- 13Mesure organisant le retour chez le producteur ou l’importateur d’un produit présentant un danger, y compris s’il est déjà chez l’utilisateur final.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: arppel,rapel,rapepl,rappell,rapple,rpapel,rrappel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rappel - 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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Using “rappel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-A-P-P-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁa.pɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Ravel” - see the side-by-side comparison. rappel vs Ravel
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.