relever

\ʁəl.ve\

/\ʁəl.ve\/ verb

The verdict

“relever” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,095 in French word frequency and used as a verb.

#4,095
frequency rank, French
7
letters
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lever à nouveau.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

relever vs rêver
57% similar
relever vs relier
71% similar
relever vs révéler
43% similar

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

Key facts for relever
PropertyValue
Headwordrelever
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁəl.ve\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,095
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “relever” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). relever lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for relever is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁəl.ve\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,095 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 43 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for relever, with forms such as "erlever", "reelver", and "releevr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rêver", "relier", "révéler", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 relever, spelled R-E-L-E-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lever à nouveau.
  2. 2
    Remettre debout ; réparer ; rétablir.
  3. 3
    Réparer.
  4. 4
    Faire une nouvelle levée.
  5. 5
    Reprendre.
  6. 6
    Se remettre sur ses pieds.
  7. 7
    Sortir de nouveau du lit, se lever à nouveau.
  8. 8
    Rétablir ce qui était tombé, ce qui était ruiné, ce qui était à l’abandon.
  9. 9
    Remettre dans un état de prospérité antérieur.
  10. 10
    Se remettre.
  11. 11
    Sortir, en parlant d’un état.
  12. 12
    Avoir du succès après un four.
  13. 13
    Reprendre un titre qui a été abandonné.
  14. 14
    Exciter, ranimer.
  15. 15
    Hausser, rendre plus haut.
  16. 16
    Augmenter.
  17. 17
    Retrousser.
  18. 18
    Lever les pieds très haut au galop, au trot ou au pas.
  19. 19
    Donner un goût plus piquant, un plus haut goût à des assaisonnements, à des sauces, à des ragoûts.
  20. 20
    Se dit, dans un sens analogue, en parlant des ouvrages de l’esprit.
  21. 21
    Faire paraître davantage une chose, lui donner plus de relief, plus d’éclat.
  22. 22
    Faire valoir, louer, exalter une chose.
  23. 23
    Faire remarquer ; souligner.
  24. 24
    Reprendre, corriger.
  25. 25
  26. 26
    Prendre en note ; dresser un état.
  27. 27
    Prendre note.
  28. 28
    Déterminer, au moyen du compas de marine ou d’autres instruments, la position d’un objet et la reporter sur une carte, sur un plan.
  29. 29
    Remplacer, assurer la relève.
  30. 30
    Se dit pareillement du corps, de la troupe même qui succède à une autre dans un poste.
  31. 31
    Se dit également du soldat qui prend la place de celui qu’on ôte de sentinelle.
  32. 32
    Changer, prendre la relève.
  33. 33
    Remplacer une autre personne.
  34. 34
    Libérer d’un engagement, d’un contrat, lequel est déclaré nul ou cassé pour cause de lésion ou d’une nullité de fait ou de droit.
  35. 35
    Commencer à se porter mieux, en sorte qu’on n’est plus contraint de garder le lit.
  36. 36
    Se guérir, se rétablir.
  37. 37
    Être dans la mouvance d’une seigneurie, dans le vasselage d’un seigneur. En ce sens il se disait tant des terres et des fiefs que des personnes.
  38. 38
    Être dans une sorte de dépendance de quelqu’un ; ressortir à.
  39. 39
    Être du ressort de
  40. 40
    Être de l’ordre de, n’être autre que.
  41. 41
    Placer une personne sur un brancard en vue de la transporter.
  42. 42
    Prendre le courrier qui est à l’intérieur d’une boîte aux lettres.
  43. 43
    Faire exhumer un corps enterré dans un cimetière.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erlever,reelver,releevr,releverr,relevre,relevver,rellever,relveer,rleever,rrelever

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erlever2reelver2releevr2releverr1relevre2relevver1rellever1relveer2
Edit distance from "relever"

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 "relever"?
"relever" is spelled R-E-L-E-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁəl.ve\.
What does "relever" mean?
As a verb, "relever" means: Lever à nouveau.
What words are commonly confused with "relever"?
"relever" is commonly confused with "rêver", "relier", "révéler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "relever"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "relever" is \ʁəl.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "relever" come from?
"relever" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “relever”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-E-L-E-V-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁəl.ve\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “rêver” - see the side-by-side comparison. relever vs rêver
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list