relativité

\ʁə.la.ti.vi.te\

/\ʁə.la.ti.vi.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“relativité” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,065
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui est relatif, ce qui dépend d’autre chose qui n’est pas une vérité intangible en soi, qui n’est ni autonome ni intrinsèque.

Corpus desk

Index FR-relativite · relativité · French

relativité · rank #22,065 · 15 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,065
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH regardaient

Nearest frequency peer: regardaient (-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 « relativité »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « relativité » 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).

relativité vs relative
70% similar
relativité vs réactivité
70% similar
relativité vs relativise
80% similar

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

Key facts for relativité
PropertyValue
Headwordrelativité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.la.ti.vi.te\
Letters10
Frequency rank#22,065
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « relativité »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).relativitése 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 « regardaient » (#22,064), « rencontrera » (#22,066), « renforçant » (#22,067). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « relativité » est au #22,065. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around relativité (IPA \ʁə.la.ti.vi.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,065 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for relativité, with forms such as "erlativité", "realtivité", and "relaitvité". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "relative", "réactivité", "relativise", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is relativité, spelled R-E-L-A-T-I-V-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui est relatif, ce qui dépend d’autre chose qui n’est pas une vérité intangible en soi, qui n’est ni autonome ni intrinsèque.
  2. 2
    Caractère de ce qui est opposé mais indissociable.
  3. 3
    Théorie générale de la physique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Croyez bien que la relativité de la durée passionne moins les métaphysiciens que les amants…
  2. Il sait aussi la relativité de son savoir. Tôt ou tard, comme il l'a fait lui aussi, on reprendra le sujet.

This word in other languages

relativity(English)relatividad(Español)relatividade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erlativité
  • realtivité
  • relaitvité
  • relatiivté
  • relativite
  • relativitté
  • relativiét
  • relativtié
  • relativvité
  • relattivité
  • relatviité
  • rellativité
  • reltaivité
  • rleativité
  • rrelativité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of relativité - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

erlativité2realtivité2relaitvité2relatiivté2relativite1relativitté1relativiét2relativtié2
Edit distance from "relativité"

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 "relativité"?
"relativité" is spelled R-E-L-A-T-I-V-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.la.ti.vi.te\.
What does "relativité" mean?
As a noun, "relativité" means: Ce qui est relatif, ce qui dépend d’autre chose qui n’est pas une vérité intangible en soi, qui n’est ni autonome ni intrinsèque.
What words are commonly confused with "relativité"?
"relativité" is commonly confused with "relative", "réactivité", "relativise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "relativité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "relativité" is \ʁə.la.ti.vi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "relativité" come from?
"relativité" 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 "relativité", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

renforçant#22,067révocation#22,083prétendait#22,045simultanée#22,097

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

reconnaissait15 variantssociologues15 variantssédiments15 variantsobjections15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list