rapprochement

\ʁa.pʁɔʃ.mɑ̃\

/\ʁa.pʁɔʃ.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“rapprochement” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,545. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,545
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de rapprocher des objets ou des personnes ; résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rapprochement · rapprochement · French

rapprochement · rank #6,545 · 19 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,545
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH psy

Nearest frequency peer: psy (-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 « rapprochement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rapprochement » 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).

rapprochement vs rapprochent
85% similar
rapprochement vs rapprochements
93% similar

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

Key facts for rapprochement
PropertyValue
Headwordrapprochement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁa.pʁɔʃ.mɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#6,545
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rapprochement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rapprochementse 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 « psy » (#6,544), « ras » (#6,546), « positifs » (#6,543). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rapprochement » est au #6,545. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around rapprochement (IPA \ʁa.pʁɔʃ.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,545 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for rapprochement, with forms such as "arpprochement", "rapporchement", and "rapprcohement". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "rapprochent", "rapprochements", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is rapprochement, spelled R-A-P-P-R-O-C-H-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de rapprocher des objets ou des personnes ; résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Accommodement entre parties adverses.
  3. 3
    Réunion d’idées ou de faits, de manière qu’ils s’éclairent l’un par l’autre, ou qu’on en fasse plus aisément la comparaison.
  4. 4
    Résultat de cette action.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À partir de 1964 cependant, sous l’influence de deux pouvoirs politiques consolidés, le rapprochement va s’imposer comme un impératif majeur […]
  2. Fulk Ephrinell s’entretient avec miss Horatia Bluett, et je comprends qu’il y ait eu rapprochement entre ces deux natures si parfaitement anglo-saxonnes.

Synonyms

juxtapositionréunion

Antonyms

éloignementséparation

This word in other languages

acostamiento(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arpprochement
  • rapporchement
  • rapprcohement
  • rapprocchement
  • rapprocehment
  • rapprocheemnt
  • rapprochemennt
  • rapprochementt
  • rapprochemetn
  • rapprochemment
  • rapprochemnet
  • rapprochhement
  • rapprochmeent
  • rapprohcement
  • rapprrochement
  • raprochement
  • raprpochement
  • rpaprochement
  • rrapprochement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rapprochement - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

arpprochement2rapporchement2rapprcohement2rapprocchement1rapprocehment2rapprocheemnt2rapprochemennt1rapprochementt1
Edit distance from "rapprochement"

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 "rapprochement"?
"rapprochement" is spelled R-A-P-P-R-O-C-H-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.pʁɔʃ.mɑ̃\.
What does "rapprochement" mean?
As a noun, "rapprochement" means: Action de rapprocher des objets ou des personnes ; résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "rapprochement"?
"rapprochement" is commonly confused with "rapprochent", "rapprochements". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rapprochement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rapprochement" is \ʁa.pʁɔʃ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rapprochement" come from?
"rapprochement" 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 "rapprochement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

transactions19 variantsproductivité19 variantsparallèlement19 variantsintéressantes19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list