relé
[reˈle]
The verdict
“relé” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #68,075 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #68,075
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dispositivo que permite controlar circuitos de alta potencia con la conmutación de sus contactos, mediante el accionamiento de su bobina que está en un circuito de baja potencia (circuito de comando).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | relé |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [reˈle] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “relé” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for relé is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈle]. Corpus data places it at rank #68,075 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dispositivo que permite controlar circuitos de alta potencia con la conmutación de sus contactos, mediante el accionamiento de su bobina que está en un circuito de baja potencia (circuito de comando).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for relé, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is relé, spelled R-E-L-É.
Definition
- 1Dispositivo que permite controlar circuitos de alta potencia con la conmutación de sus contactos, mediante el accionamiento de su bobina que está en un circuito de baja potencia (circuito de comando).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “relé”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is R-E-L-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [reˈle] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.