Which to use
“rappelé” is a verb and “rappelés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,176
- “rappelé” frequency rank
- #29,504
- “rappelés” frequency rank
- 34680
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rappelé | rappelés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe rappeler. | Masculin pluriel de rappelé. |
Same sound, different letters: rappelé vs rappelés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. rappelé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against rappelés's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: rappelé vs rappelés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: rappelé and rappelés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁa.pə.le\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rappelé” sits inside “rappelés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rappelé is recorded at frequency rank #5,176, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.pə.le\. rappelés is at rank #29,504, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁa.pə.le\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 34680, this pair ranks #282,147 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rappelé vs rappelés
Shared letters: aelpré. Private to "rappelé": -. Private to "rappelés": s.
"rappelé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "rappelés" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rappelé" for "rappelés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "rappelé" or "rappelés"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "rappelé" / "rappelés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "rappelé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rappelés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,147 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rappelé" and "rappelés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rappela vs rappelés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #282,147 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.