rattraper

\ʁa.tʁa.pe\

/\ʁa.tʁa.pe\/ verb

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The verdict

“rattraper” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,339. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,339
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reprendre, ressaisir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rattraper · rattraper · French

rattraper · rank #6,339 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,339
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH respirer

Nearest frequency peer: respirer (+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 « rattraper »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rattraper » 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).

rattraper vs rattrapés
78% similar
rattraper vs rattrapé
78% similar
rattraper vs rattrapée
78% similar

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

Key facts for rattraper
PropertyValue
Headwordrattraper
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁa.tʁa.pe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,339
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rattraper »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rattraperse 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 « respirer » (#6,340), « puissances » (#6,337), « resto » (#6,341). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rattraper » est au #6,339. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around rattraper (IPA \ʁa.tʁa.pe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,339 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for rattraper, with forms such as "arttraper", "ratraper", and "ratrtaper". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "rattrapés", "rattrapé", "rattrapée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rattraper, spelled R-A-T-T-R-A-P-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Reprendre, ressaisir.
  2. 2
    Rejoindre quelqu’un à qui on a laissé prendre les devants.
  3. 3
    Regagner ce qu’on avait perdu.
  4. 4
    et Attraper de nouveau, attraper une seconde fois.
  5. 5
    Piéger, tromper de nouveau. Faire prendre des risques.
  6. 6
    Subir les conséquences de ses actes.
  7. 7
    Se retenir, se raccrocher.
  8. 8
    Atténuer, compenser une erreur, une faute qu’on était en train de commettre.
  9. 9
    Se dédommager, regagner ce qu’on a perdu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On a rattrapé ce prisonnier.
  2. Je suis une maîtresse de maison désastreuse, mais je rattrape le coup en mettant tout en place à la one again.

This word in other languages

get back(English)alcanzar(Español)einholen(Deutsch)apanhar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arttraper
  • ratraper
  • ratrtaper
  • rattarper
  • rattraepr
  • rattraperr
  • rattrapper
  • rattrapre
  • rattrpaer
  • rattrraper
  • rrattraper
  • rtatraper

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

arttraper2ratraper1ratrtaper2rattarper2rattraepr2rattraperr1rattrapper1rattrapre2
Edit distance from "rattraper"

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 "rattraper"?
"rattraper" is spelled R-A-T-T-R-A-P-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁa.tʁa.pe\.
What does "rattraper" mean?
As a verb, "rattraper" means: Reprendre, ressaisir.
What words are commonly confused with "rattraper"?
"rattraper" is commonly confused with "rattrapés", "rattrapé", "rattrapée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rattraper"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rattraper" is \ʁa.tʁa.pe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rattraper" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

peintures#6,327nouveauté#6,322affection#6,360indiquent#6,306

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

respirer12 variantsprudence12 variantsplaintes12 variantstrahison12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list