relation

\ʁə.la.sjɔ̃\

/\ʁə.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“relation” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,041. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,041
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lien, rapport d’une chose à une autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-relation · relation · French

relation · rank #1,041 · 11 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,041
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH probablement

Nearest frequency peer: probablement (-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 « relation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « relation » 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).

relation vs religion
75% similar
relation vs relative
75% similar
relation vs rotation
75% similar

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

Key facts for relation
PropertyValue
Headwordrelation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,041
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « relation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).relationse 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 « probablement » (#1,040), « rendu » (#1,042), « pro » (#1,039). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « relation » est au #1,041. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around relation (IPA \ʁə.la.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,041 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for relation, with forms such as "erlation", "realtion", and "relaiton". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "religion", "relative", "rotation", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is relation, spelled R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lien, rapport d’une chose à une autre.
  2. 2
    Interaction, liaison entre personnes ou entités.
  3. 3
    Liaison affective ou amoureuse.
  4. 4
    Personnes avec qui on est en rapport, sans être étroitement lié.
  5. 5
    Personne, entité avec laquelle on a des liens utiles ou de confiance.
  6. 6
    Proposition qui lie un certain nombre d’éléments dans un ensemble.
  7. 7
    Sur un ensemble E, partie du produit cartésien de E par E. Expressions utilisées : relation symétrique, relation réflexive, relation transitive, relation d'ordre, relation d'équivalence.
  8. 8
    Action de relater ; récit ou narration qu’on fait de ce que l’on a vu ou entendu.
  9. 9
    Rapport qui est entre deux personnes, entre deux choses que l’on considère ensemble, et respectivement l’une à l’autre.
  10. 10
    Lien entre des champs selon une clé : table de base de données relationnelle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je ne vois aucune relation entre tout ça.
  2. Quelle est la relation de cause à effet ?

Synonyms

lienrapportconnexionconnexitédépendanceinteractionliaisonrapprochementcontactaccointanceamitiéamouramiconnaissancecontactcopaincorrespondancerelation binairenarrationrécit

Antonyms

indépendance

This word in other languages

relation(English)relación(Español)Beziehung(Deutsch)relação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erlation
  • realtion
  • relaiton
  • relatino
  • relationn
  • relatoin
  • relattion
  • rellation
  • reltaion
  • rleation
  • rrelation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of relation - 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.

erlation2realtion2relaiton2relatino2relationn1relatoin2relattion1rellation1
Edit distance from "relation"

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 "relation"?
"relation" is spelled R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "relation" mean?
As a noun, "relation" means: Lien, rapport d’une chose à une autre.
What words are commonly confused with "relation"?
"relation" is commonly confused with "religion", "relative", "rotation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "relation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "relation" is \ʁə.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "relation" come from?
"relation" 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 "relation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

objectif#1,038Montréal#1,036mauvaise#1,033vacances#1,050

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

respect11 variantsprojets11 variantsquartier11 variantsmeilleurs11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list