rappela

\ʁa.pə.la\

/\ʁa.pə.la\/ verb

The verdict

“rappela” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,562. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,562
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rappeler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rappela · rappela · French

rappela · rank #42,562 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,562
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rajeuni

Nearest frequency peer: rajeuni (-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 « rappela »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rappela » 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).

rappela vs rapper
71% similar
rappela vs rappelé
86% similar
rappela vs rappeur
71% similar

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

Key facts for rappela
PropertyValue
Headwordrappela
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.pə.la\
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,562
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rappela »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rappelase place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rajeuni » (#42,561), « ratisser » (#42,563), « rahman » (#42,560). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rappela » est au #42,562. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rappela (IPA \ʁa.pə.la\), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,562 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rappeler.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rappela, with forms such as "arppela", "rapela", and "rapepla". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "rapper", "rappelé", "rappeur", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rappela, spelled R-A-P-P-E-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rappeler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il écrivit au total 3 articles et dans le dernier il rappela les propos qu’il avait ressenti comme insultants le fait que ceux qui effectivement étaient en faveur de la cause de recatalaniser Valence étaient, selon la description de Martínez Ferrando les plus intelligents, alors que ceux qui étaient en faveur de "revalencianiser" Valence étaient "les pauv…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arppela
  • rapela
  • rapepla
  • rappeal
  • rappella
  • rapplea
  • rpapela
  • rrappela

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rappela - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

arppela2rapela1rapepla2rappeal2rappella1rapplea2rpapela2rrappela1
Edit distance from "rappela"

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 "rappela"?
"rappela" is spelled R-A-P-P-E-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.pə.la\.
What does "rappela" mean?
As a verb, "rappela" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de rappeler.
What words are commonly confused with "rappela"?
"rappela" is commonly confused with "rapper", "rappelé", "rappeur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rappela"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rappela" is \ʁa.pə.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rappela" come from?
"rappela" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rappela", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list