rapprocher

\ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe\

/\ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe\/ verb

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The verdict

“rapprocher” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,697. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,697
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-rapprocher · rapprocher · French

rapprocher · rank #5,697 · 14 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,697
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH pâte

Nearest frequency peer: pâte (-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 « rapprocher »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rapprocher » 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).

rapprocher vs reprocher
80% similar
rapprocher vs rapprochés
80% similar
rapprocher vs rapproche
90% similar

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

Key facts for rapprocher
PropertyValue
Headwordrapprocher
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe\
Letters10
Frequency rank#5,697
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rapprocher »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rapprocherse 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 « pâte » (#5,696), « regards » (#5,698), « rembourser » (#5,699). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rapprocher » est au #5,697. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around rapprocher (IPA \ʁa.pʁɔ.ʃe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,697 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for rapprocher, with forms such as "arpprocher", "rapporcher", and "rapprcoher". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "reprocher", "rapprochés", "rapproche", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 rapprocher, spelled R-A-P-P-R-O-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Approcher de nouveau.
  2. 2
    Approcher de plus près.
  3. 3
    Accoler.
  4. 4
    Rendre plus proche.
  5. 5
    Disposer à la confiance, à l’union, à la bienveillance.
  6. 6
    Mettre sur la voie d’une réconciliation des personnes qui ne le sont pas ; les disposer à un raccommodement.
  7. 7
    Rassembler, mettre à côté l’un de l’autre, comparer pour souligner le rapport de proximité.
  8. 8
    Associer écriture(s) comptable(s) et écriture(s) bancaire(s) correspondantes.
  9. 9
    Approcher doucement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Éloignez les lumières ; vous les rapprocherez dans un moment.
  2. Rapprochez cette table.

This word in other languages

reapproach(English)acercar(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arpprocher
  • rapporcher
  • rapprcoher
  • rapproccher
  • rapprocehr
  • rapprocherr
  • rapprochher
  • rapprochre
  • rapprohcer
  • rapprrocher
  • raprocher
  • raprpocher
  • rpaprocher
  • rrapprocher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

arpprocher2rapporcher2rapprcoher2rapproccher1rapprocehr2rapprocherr1rapprochher1rapprochre2
Edit distance from "rapprocher"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rembourser#5,699phénomènes#5,690Soviétique#5,705nucléaires#5,680

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

prochains14 variantssubstance14 variantsoccidentaux14 variantsélectoral14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list