Which to use
“rappelé” and “rappelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,176
- “rappelé” frequency rank
- #15,015
- “rappelles” frequency rank
- 20191
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rappelé | rappelles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe rappeler. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de rappeler. |
Where the eye mixes rappelé and rappelles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. rappelé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against rappelles's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between rappelé and rappelles
A purely visual mix-up. rappelé (\ʁa.pə.le\) and rappelles (\ʁa.pɛl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20191, 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\. rappelles is at rank #15,015, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁa.pɛl\.
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 20191, this pair ranks #369,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rappelé vs rappelles
Shared letters: aelpr. Private to "rappelé": é. Private to "rappelles": s.
"rappelé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "rappelles" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- rappelles ← arppelles · rapelles · rapeplles · rappelels · rappeles · rappelless · rappellse · rappleles
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rappelé" for "rappelles" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "rappelé" or "rappelles" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rappelé" and "rappelles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rappelé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rappelles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rappelé" and "rappelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rappelé vs rappeuse". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #369,522 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.