Which to use
“relaying” is a verb and “retaking” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,732
- “relaying” frequency rank
- #49,592
- “retaking” frequency rank
- 86324
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relaying | retaking |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | present participle and gerund of relay | The act of taking again. |
Letter map: relaying vs retaking
Shared letters muted; letters that set relaying and retaking apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for relaying / retaking
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: relaying is averb and retakinganoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86324, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relaying is recorded at frequency rank #36,732, classified as averb. retaking is at rank #49,592, tagged as anoun.
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 86324, this pair ranks #9,130 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of relaying vs retaking
Shared letters: aeginr. Private to "relaying": ly. Private to "retaking": kt.
"relaying" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVCC · "retaking" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "relaying" for "retaking" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Pair "relaying" vs "retaking" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "relaying" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retaking" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,130 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relaying" and "retaking" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retaking vs revoking". 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 #9,130 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.