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If you define a rectangular number as a number which is the product of two consecutive integers, it cannot be square.
The square of 3 is 9, which does not lie between consecutive integers. Perhaps you mean the square root of 3, which lies between 1 and 2.
A square number is the product of the same two integers. A rectangular number is the product of consecutive integers.
The square roots of 117 are irrational numbers and so are not two integers - consecutive or otherwise.
If you define a rectangular number as a number which is the product of two consecutive integers, it cannot be square.