rappeler

\ʁa.ple\

/\ʁa.ple\/ verb

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The verdict

“rappeler” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,634. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,634
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appeler de nouveau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rappeler · rappeler · French

rappeler · rank #1,634 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,634
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reine

Nearest frequency peer: reine (+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 « rappeler »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rappeler » 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).

rappeler vs rapper
75% similar
rappeler vs rappeur
75% similar
rappeler vs rappels
75% similar

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

Key facts for rappeler
PropertyValue
Headwordrappeler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.ple\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,634
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rappeler »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rappelerse 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 « reine » (#1,635), « pourraient » (#1,632), « rejoindre » (#1,636). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rappeler » est au #1,634. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around rappeler (IPA \ʁa.ple\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,634 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 15 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rappeler, with forms such as "arppeler", "rapeler", and "rapepler". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "rapper", "rappeur", "rappels", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is rappeler, spelled R-A-P-P-E-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Appeler de nouveau.
  2. 2
    Faire revenir une personne qui s’en va, une personne absente.
  3. 3
    Faire revenir un acteur sur la scène pour l’applaudir.
  4. 4
    Presser, obliger.
  5. 5
    Inciter, exciter.
  6. 6
    Faire revenir quelqu’un d’un lieu où on l’avait envoyé pour y exercer certaines fonctions, pour y remplir un emploi ; en parlant tant de ceux qu’on révoque par des raisons de mécontentement que de ceux qu’on fait revenir par quelque autre motif.
  7. 7
    Faire revenir ceux qui ont été disgraciés, chassés ou exilés.
  8. 8
    Invoquer à nouveau.
  9. 9
    Abroger.
  10. 10
    Faire revenir dans la mémoire.
  11. 11
    Indiquer pour information.
  12. 12
    Évoquer par une certaine ressemblance la pensée de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose.
  13. 13
    Tirer fortement.
  14. 14
    Battre le tambour d’une certaine manière, pour rassembler une troupe, pour faire revenir les soldats au drapeau, ou pour rendre honneur à certaines personnes.
  15. 15
    Pour un oiseau, appeler des congénères dispersés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je l’ai appelé et rappelé sans obtenir de réponse.
  2. Il ne vous a pas entendu, rappelez-le.

This word in other languages

recall(English)recordar(Español)anrufen(Deutsch)recordar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arppeler
  • rapeler
  • rapepler
  • rappeelr
  • rappelerr
  • rappeller
  • rappelre
  • rappleer
  • rpapeler
  • rrappeler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

arppeler2rapeler1rapepler2rappeelr2rappelerr1rappeller1rappelre2rappleer2
Edit distance from "rappeler"

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 "rappeler"?
"rappeler" is spelled R-A-P-P-E-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.ple\.
What does "rappeler" mean?
As a verb, "rappeler" means: Appeler de nouveau.
What words are commonly confused with "rappeler"?
"rappeler" is commonly confused with "rapper", "rappeur", "rappels". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rappeler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rappeler" is \ʁa.ple\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rappeler" come from?
"rappeler" 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 "rappeler", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

voitures#1,644Bretagne#1,620avantage#1,649bataille#1,650

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

docteur10 variantsécouter10 variantsacteurs10 variantscapital10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list