rappellentvsrappellesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#8,915
“rappellent” frequency rank
#15,015
“rappelles” frequency rank
23930
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Same sound, different letters: rappellent vs rappelles

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. rappellent runs 10 letters (CVCCVCCVCC) against rappelles's 9 (CVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
rappellent
9 ch
rappelles

Same sound, different spelling - rappellent / rappelles

This is the hard kind. rappellent and rappelles are pronounced identically (\ʁa.pɛl\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23930, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rappellent is recorded at frequency rank #8,915, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁa.pɛl\. 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 23930, this pair ranks #349,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of rappellent vs rappelles

Shared letters: aelpr. Private to "rappellent": nt. Private to "rappelles": s.

"rappellent" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCC  ·  "rappelles" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rappellentarppellent · rapellent · rapepllent · rappelelnt · rappelent · rappellennt · rappellentt · rappelletn
  • rappellesarppelles · rapelles · rapeplles · rappelels · rappeles · rappelless · rappellse · rappleles

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "rappellent" for "rappelles" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁa.pɛl\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "rappellent" vs "rappelles" - which ranks higher?
"rappellent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,915 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.

What to do next

"rappellent" and "rappelles" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rappellent" 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 #349,647 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rappellent" and "rappelles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rappellent vs rappelleront". 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 #349,647 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