relâchement

\ʁə.laʃ.mɑ̃\

/\ʁə.laʃ.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“relâchement” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,108. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,108
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’une chose qui devient moins tendue qu’elle n’était, qui a perdu de son ressort.

Corpus desk

Index FR-relachement · relâchement · French

relâchement · rank #25,108 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,108
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH relaxer

Nearest frequency peer: relaxer (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « relâchement »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « relâchement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for relâchement
PropertyValue
Headwordrelâchement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.laʃ.mɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#25,108
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « relâchement »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).relâchementse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « relaxer » (#25,107), « remember » (#25,109), « restrictive » (#25,110). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « relâchement » est au #25,108. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around relâchement (IPA \ʁə.laʃ.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,108 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for relâchement, with forms such as "erlâchement", "relachement", and "relcâhement". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is relâchement, spelled R-E-L-Â-C-H-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    État d’une chose qui devient moins tendue qu’elle n’était, qui a perdu de son ressort.
  2. 2
    Diminution de l’effort, de la vigueur, de la régularité, de la sévérité.
  3. 3
    Délassement ; état de repos ; utile cessation de travail ou d’exercice.
  4. 4
    Relargage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how relâchement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Lorsqu'un relâchement se manifeste, et surtout pendant l'été, les champs de glace se brisent, […].
  2. Le relâchement des cordes d’un violon.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erlâchement
  • relachement
  • relcâhement
  • rellâchement
  • relâcchement
  • relâcehment
  • relâcheemnt
  • relâchemennt
  • relâchementt
  • relâchemetn
  • relâchemment
  • relâchemnet
  • relâchhement
  • relâchmeent
  • relâhcement
  • reâlchement
  • rleâchement
  • rrelâchement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of relâchement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

erlâchement2relachement1relcâhement2rellâchement1relâcchement1relâcehment2relâcheemnt2relâchemennt1
Edit distance from "relâchement"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "relâchement"?
"relâchement" is spelled R-E-L-Â-C-H-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.laʃ.mɑ̃\.
What does "relâchement" mean?
As a noun, "relâchement" means: État d’une chose qui devient moins tendue qu’elle n’était, qui a perdu de son ressort.
What are common misspellings of "relâchement"?
Common misspellings include "erlâchement", "relachement", "relcâhement", "rellâchement", "relâcchement". The correct spelling is "relâchement".
How do you pronounce "relâchement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "relâchement" is \ʁə.laʃ.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "relâchement" come from?
"relâchement" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "relâchement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

restrictive#25,110retardement#25,111pénitencier#25,095saisonniers#25,122

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

préfectoral18 variantsanormalement18 variantsdérangement18 variantsfonctionnelles18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list