relier
\ʁə.lje\
The verdict
“relier” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,222. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,222
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lier de nouveau, refaire le nœud qui liait et qui est défait.
Corpus desk
Index FR-relier · relier · French
relier · rank #10,222 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,222
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH regardais
Nearest frequency peer: regardais (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “relier”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- rapportent
rapportent
89,783 corpus weight
- RDC
RDC
89,782 corpus weight
- refroidisse…
refroidissement
89,781 corpus weight
- regardais
regardais
89,780 corpus weight
- relier
relier
89,779 corpus weight
- reparti
reparti
89,776 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “relier” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | relier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.lje\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “relier” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around relier (IPA \ʁə.lje\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,222 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for relier, with forms such as "erlier", "reiler", and "releir". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rêver", "relis", "renié", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is relier, spelled R-E-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Lier de nouveau, refaire le nœud qui liait et qui est défait.
- 2Unir ; rattacher ; mettre en rapport.
- 3Coudre ensemble les feuillets d’un livre et y mettre une couverture.
- 4Remettre ou simplement mettre des cercles, des cerceaux à une barrique, à un tonneau, à une cuve ou à d’autres futailles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how relier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Relier une gerbe de blé, une botte de foin.
Cela s’est délié, reliez-le.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erlier
- reiler
- releir
- relierr
- rellier
- rleier
- rrelier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of relier - 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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "relier", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "relier". Here's where to go from here.
- "relier" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "rêver". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,222 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "R" letter cohort. R–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.