recall

verb

The verdict

“recall” is uncommon French (frequency #58,202 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,202
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-recall · recall · French

recall · rank #58,202 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,202
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH razer

Nearest frequency peer: razer (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « recall »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « recall » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for recall
PropertyValue
Headwordrecall
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#58,202
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « recall » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).recalltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « razer » (#58,201), « recommandez » (#58,203), « rassis » (#58,200). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « recall » est au #58,202. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

recall is uncommon French at frequency #58,202 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for recall in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is recall, spelled R-E-C-A-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rappeler.
  2. 2
    Ramener, rappeler.
  3. 3
    Se rappeler, se souvenir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. She recalled the order before it was sent out.
  2. I recall the time you went swimming without clothes, and the police caught you.

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 "recall"?
"recall" is spelled R-E-C-A-L-L.
What does "recall" mean?
As a verb, "recall" means: Rappeler.
What language does "recall" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list