recall
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
- rassis
rassis
41,801 corpus weight
- razer
razer
41,800 corpus weight
- recall
recall
41,799 corpus weight
- recommandez
recommandez
41,798 corpus weight
- reconfigura…
reconfiguration
41,797 corpus weight
- reconnaissa…
reconnaissais
41,796 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « recall » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | recall |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,202 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « recall » en français
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
- 1Rappeler.
- 2Ramener, rappeler.
- 3Se rappeler, se souvenir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how recall appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She recalled the order before it was sent out.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).