rappel

/\ʁa.pɛl\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,099

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

rappel is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action par laquelle on rappelle, on fait revenir quelqu’un. Pronounced \ʁa.pɛl\. It ranks #3,099 in French word frequency. Often confused with Ravel and Raquel.

Key facts for rappel
PropertyValue
Headwordrappel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁa.pɛl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,099
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of rappel in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rappel is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for rappel, with forms such as "arppel", "rapel", and "rapepl". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is rappel, spelled R-A-P-P-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action par laquelle on rappelle, on fait revenir quelqu’un.
  2. 2
    Action de pardonner et de faire revenir, en parlant de ceux qui ont été disgraciés ou exilés.
  3. 3
    Acclamations que l’on fait aux acteurs ou autres artistes pour les faire revenir sur la scène et les applaudir.
  4. 4
    Réclamation pour exiger le respect des obligations, des règles ou des lois
  5. 5
    Action de faire revenir à la mémoire de quelqu’un.
  6. 6
    Manière de battre le tambour pour rassembler une troupe.
  7. 7
    Action 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.
  8. 8
    Action de ramener à la position initiale.
  9. 9
    Action de faire revenir une idée, un motif, un thème musical, une couleur.
  10. 10
    En reconnaissance des formes et recherche documentaire, fraction des retours pertinents potentiels qui sont obtenus.
  11. 11
    Descente d'une pente à l'aide de cordes.
  12. 12
    Nouvelle dose de vaccin administrée afin de renforcer la réponse immunitaire.
  13. 13
    Mesure 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for rappel

Misspelling Variants of "rappel"

arppel6rapel5rapepl6rappell7rapple6rpapel6rrappel7
Misspelling Variants of "rappel"

Frequency rank: #3,099 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rappel"?
"rappel" is spelled R-A-P-P-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.pɛl\.
What does "rappel" mean?
As a noun, "rappel" means: Action par laquelle on rappelle, on fait revenir quelqu’un.
What words are commonly confused with "rappel"?
"rappel" is commonly confused with "Ravel", "Raquel", "rapper". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rappel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rappel" is \ʁa.pɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rappel" come from?
"rappel" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.