rebelle

\ʁə.bɛl\

/\ʁə.bɛl\/ adj

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The verdict

“rebelle” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,750. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,750
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui refuse obéissance à une autorité légitime ou établie.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rebelle · rebelle · French

rebelle · rank #7,750 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,750
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH remplaçant

Nearest frequency peer: remplaçant (+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 « rebelle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rebelle » 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).

rebelle vs réelle
71% similar
rebelle vs révèle
43% similar
rebelle vs ruelle
71% similar

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

Key facts for rebelle
PropertyValue
Headwordrebelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁə.bɛl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,750
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rebelle »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).rebellese 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 « remplaçant » (#7,751), « Quentin » (#7,748), « renommée » (#7,752). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rebelle » est au #7,750. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rebelle (IPA \ʁə.bɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,750 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rebelle, with forms such as "erbelle", "rbeelle", and "rebbelle". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "réelle", "révèle", "ruelle", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 rebelle, spelled R-E-B-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui refuse obéissance à une autorité légitime ou établie.
  2. 2
    Qui résiste à un effort.
  3. 3
    Qui est impropre à une chose, qui n’a pas de dispositions pour une chose.
  4. 4
    Qui ne peut pas se traiter ou ne peut se traiter que fort difficilement.
  5. 5
    Qui résiste à toute forme de traitement connu, en parlant d’une maladie ou d’une douleur.
  6. 6
    Qui se détermine par rapport à soi.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous avons cherché à savoir pourquoi un peuple réputé rebelle vote à 64 % pour Jacques Chirac.
  2. Pap Ndiaye serait venu seul, sans son aréopage de conseillers collés aux basques, qu’il n’aurait pas été davantage importuné : viennent traditionnellement à l’Ageem des professionnels plus investis que rebelles.

Synonyms

bad boyenfant terrible

This word in other languages

insubordinate(English)aufrührerisch(Deutsch)rebelde(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erbelle
  • rbeelle
  • rebbelle
  • rebele
  • rebelel
  • reblele
  • reeblle
  • rrebelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erbelle2rbeelle2rebbelle1rebele1rebelel2reblele2reeblle2rrebelle1
Edit distance from "rebelle"

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 "rebelle"?
"rebelle" is spelled R-E-B-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.bɛl\.
What does "rebelle" mean?
As an adjective, "rebelle" means: Qui refuse obéissance à une autorité légitime ou établie.
What words are commonly confused with "rebelle"?
"rebelle" is commonly confused with "réelle", "révèle", "ruelle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rebelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rebelle" is \ʁə.bɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rebelle" come from?
"rebelle" 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 "rebelle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Quentin#7,748routier#7,755plongée#7,739servira#7,762

Similar misspelling depth

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

pluies8 variantsvaincu8 variantsvoleur8 variantsmouton8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list