relèvement

Name: relèvement, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ʁə.lɛv.mɑ̃\

/\ʁə.lɛv.mɑ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“relèvement” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,548. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,548
frequency rank, French: 5,742
“R” headwords: 16
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action par laquelle on relève une chose tombée, on exhausse un terrain, on remet une chose dans la position où elle doit être.

Corpus desk

Index FR-relevement · relèvement · French

relèvement · rank #20,548 · 16 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #20,548
LEN-MEGA 10 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-HIGH 16 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,742
PHOTO-FINISH relayer

Nearest frequency peer: relayer (-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.

rayures

79,456
refermer

79,455
relayer

79,454
relèvement

79,453
repaire

79,452
retournés

79,451

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

relèvement vs relèvent

80% similar

relèvement vs revêtement

70% similar

relèvement vs relogement

80% similar

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

Key facts for relèvement
Property	Value
Headword	relèvement
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ʁə.lɛv.mɑ̃\
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#20,548
Misspellings tracked	16
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « relèvement »

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

#20,548

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « relayer » (#20,547), « repaire » (#20,549), « refermer » (#20,546). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « relèvement » est au #20,548. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around relèvement (IPA \ʁə.lɛv.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,548 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for relèvement, with forms such as "erlèvement", "relevement", and "rellèvement". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "relèvent", "revêtement", "relogement", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is relèvement, spelled R-E-L-È-V-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

1
Action par laquelle on relève une chose tombée, on exhausse un terrain, on remet une chose dans la position où elle doit être.
2
Rétablissement d'une personne qui se revient de l’état d’où elle était tombée.
3
Action d’augmenter un niveau, un montant.
4
Relevé, énumération exacte.
5
Action de relever un objet, d’en déterminer la position, au moyen du compas ou autrement ; ou le résultat de cette opération.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Le relèvement d’un mur. Le relèvement d’un navire échoué.
Le relèvement d’une honnête famille ruinée. Le relèvement d’un peuple.

This word in other languages

bearing(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

erlèvement
relevement
rellèvement
relvèement
relèevment
relèveemnt
relèvemennt
relèvementt
relèvemetn
relèvemment
relèvemnet
relèvmeent
relèvvement
reèlvement
rleèvement
rrelèvement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "relèvement"

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 "relèvement"?

"relèvement" is spelled R-E-L-È-V-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.lɛv.mɑ̃\.

What does "relèvement" mean?

As a noun, "relèvement" means: Action par laquelle on relève une chose tombée, on exhausse un terrain, on remet une chose dans la position où elle doit être.

What words are commonly confused with "relèvement"?

"relèvement" is commonly confused with "relèvent", "revêtement", "relogement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "relèvement"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "relèvement" is \ʁə.lɛv.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "relèvement" come from?

"relèvement" 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 "relèvement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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