relatifs

\ʁə.la.tif\

/\ʁə.la.tif\/ adj

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The verdict

“relatifs” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,027. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,027
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de relatif.

Corpus desk

Index FR-relatifs · relatifs · French

relatifs · rank #8,027 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,027
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH relancer

Nearest frequency peer: relancer (-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 « relatifs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « relatifs » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

relatifs vs relation
75% similar
relatifs vs relative
75% similar
relatifs vs relations
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for relatifs
PropertyValue
Headwordrelatifs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁə.la.tif\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,027
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « relatifs »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).relatifsse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « relancer » (#8,026), « rendait » (#8,028), « retrouvés » (#8,029). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « relatifs » est au #8,027. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around relatifs (IPA \ʁə.la.tif\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,027 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de relatif.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for relatifs, with forms such as "erlatifs", "realtifs", and "relaitfs". 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. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "relation", "relative", "relations", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is relatifs, spelled R-E-L-A-T-I-F-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de relatif.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erlatifs
  • realtifs
  • relaitfs
  • relatfis
  • relatiffs
  • relatifss
  • relatisf
  • relattifs
  • rellatifs
  • reltaifs
  • rleatifs
  • rrelatifs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of relatifs - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

erlatifs2realtifs2relaitfs2relatfis2relatiffs1relatifss1relatisf2relattifs1
Edit distance from "relatifs"

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 "relatifs"?
"relatifs" is spelled R-E-L-A-T-I-F-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.la.tif\.
What does "relatifs" mean?
As an adjective, "relatifs" means: Masculin pluriel de relatif.
What words are commonly confused with "relatifs"?
"relatifs" is commonly confused with "relation", "relative", "relations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "relatifs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "relatifs" is \ʁə.la.tif\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "relatifs" come from?
"relatifs" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

relancer#8,026réalités#8,033réfléchi#8,034pénétrer#8,019

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

rappelant12 variantstriangle12 variantsévidente12 variantsapportent12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list