relégation
\ʁə.le.ɡa.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“relégation” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,342. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,342
- frequency rank, French
- 507,453
- “R” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fait de reléguer.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | relégation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.le.ɡa.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #23,342 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “relégation” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around relégation (IPA \ʁə.le.ɡa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,342 among 507,453 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for relégation, with forms such as "erlégation", "relegation", and "relgéation". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "révélation", "relation", "relaxation", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is relégation, spelled R-E-L-É-G-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Fait de reléguer.
- 2Passage d’un club sportif au championnat de niveau inférieur en raison de son mauvais classement.
- 3Dans la législation française du XIXᵉ et début du XXᵉ siècle, peine supplémentaire qui consiste à maintenir interné dans une colonie un condamné aux travaux forcés, après l’accomplissement de sa peine principale.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erlégation
- relegation
- relgéation
- rellégation
- reléagtion
- relégaiton
- relégatino
- relégationn
- relégatoin
- relégattion
- reléggation
- relégtaion
- reélgation
- rleégation
- rrelégation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of relégation - 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.
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.
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Using “relégation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-L-É-G-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁə.le.ɡa.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “révélation” - see the side-by-side comparison. relégation vs révélation
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.