rappelezvsrappellesTell them apart

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“rappelez” and “rappelles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,545
“rappelez” frequency rank
#15,015
“rappelles” frequency rank
24560
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rappelez rappelles
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de rappeler. Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de rappeler.

Where the eye mixes rappelez and rappelles

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. rappelez runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against rappelles's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
rappelez
9 ch
rappelles

Look-alike desk: rappelez vs rappelles

A purely visual mix-up. rappelez (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24560, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rappelez is recorded at frequency rank #9,545, 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 24560, this pair ranks #345,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rappelez vs rappelles

Shared letters: aelpr. Private to "rappelez": z. Private to "rappelles": s.

"rappelez" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "rappelles" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rappelezarppelez · rapelez · rapeplez · rappeelz · rappelezz · rappellez · rappelze · rappleez
  • rappellesarppelles · rapelles · rapeplles · rappelels · rappeles · rappelless · rappellse · rappleles

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rappelez" and "rappelles" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ʁa.pə.le\ versus \ʁa.pɛl\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "rappelez" or "rappelles" show up more?
"rappelez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,545 in our French list, against #15,015 for "rappelles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rappelez" 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 #345,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rappelez" and "rappelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rappela vs rappelez". 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 #345,920 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list