rappelle

\ʁa.pɛl\

/\ʁa.pɛl\/ verb

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The verdict

“rappelle” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #910. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#910
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de rappeler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rappelle · rappelle · French

rappelle · rank #910 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #910
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH puisse

Nearest frequency peer: puisse (-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 « rappelle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rappelle » 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).

rappelle vs rappels
75% similar
rappelle vs rappeuse
75% similar
rappelle vs rappelles
89% similar

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

Key facts for rappelle
PropertyValue
Headwordrappelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.pɛl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#910
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rappelle »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rappellese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « puisse » (#909), « solution » (#911), « paix » (#908). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rappelle » est au #910. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rappelle (IPA \ʁa.pɛl\), averb. Corpus frequency is #910 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rappelle, with forms such as "arppelle", "rapelle", and "rapeplle". 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, "rappels", "rappeuse", "rappelles", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rappelle, spelled R-A-P-P-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de rappeler.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de rappeler.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de rappeler.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de rappeler.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de rappeler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je rappelle que le régime R2 est viagérisé, alors que le R1 est en phase de viagérisation.
  2. Je ne me rappelle plus le détail de sa réponse, sauf une phrase que je n’oublierai jamais : - Je veux défétichiser la littérature.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arppelle
  • rapelle
  • rapeplle
  • rappele
  • rappelel
  • rapplele
  • rpapelle
  • rrappelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rappelle - 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.

arppelle2rapelle1rapeplle2rappele1rappelel2rapplele2rpapelle2rrappelle1
Edit distance from "rappelle"

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 "rappelle"?
"rappelle" is spelled R-A-P-P-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.pɛl\.
What does "rappelle" mean?
As a verb, "rappelle" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de rappeler.
What words are commonly confused with "rappelle"?
"rappelle" is commonly confused with "rappels", "rappeuse", "rappelles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rappelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rappelle" is \ʁa.pɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rappelle" come from?
"rappelle" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rappelle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

solution#911commencé#916majorité#904comprend#918

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

commune8 variantsmorts8 variantscréer8 variantsterrain8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list