relire

\ʁə.liʁ\

/\ʁə.liʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“relire” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,731. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,731
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lire de nouveau.

Corpus desk

Index FR-relire · relire · French

relire · rank #9,731 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,731
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH redoutable

Nearest frequency peer: redoutable (-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 « relire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « relire » 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).

relire vs rire
67% similar
relire vs relis
67% similar
relire vs renié
50% similar

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

Key facts for relire
PropertyValue
Headwordrelire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.liʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,731
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « relire »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.relirese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « redoutable » (#9,730), « remparts » (#9,732), « recueilli » (#9,729). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « relire » est au #9,731. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around relire (IPA \ʁə.liʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,731 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for relire, with forms such as "erlire", "reilre", and "relirre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rire", "relis", "renié", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is relire, spelled R-E-L-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lire de nouveau.
  2. 2
    Lire à des fins de correction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "Dis-moi ce que tu lis, je te dirai qui tu es" : il est vrai, mais je te connaîtrai mieux si tu me dis ce que tu relis.
  2. 26 octobre 41 – Grand-mère s’affaire et grand-père se tait. Il relit Balzac. – Oh ! tu sais ma fille, à mon âge, on ne peut plus que relire.

This word in other languages

reread(English)gegenlesen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erlire
  • reilre
  • relirre
  • rellire
  • relrie
  • rleire
  • rrelire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erlire2reilre2relirre1rellire1relrie2rleire2rrelire1
Edit distance from "relire"

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 "relire"?
"relire" is spelled R-E-L-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.liʁ\.
What does "relire" mean?
As a verb, "relire" means: Lire de nouveau.
What words are commonly confused with "relire"?
"relire" is commonly confused with "rire", "relis", "renié". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "relire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "relire" is \ʁə.liʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "relire" come from?
"relire" 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 "relire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

repère#9,735pleurs#9,722script#9,740plains#9,721

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

perle7 variantsparte7 variantsPalme7 variantsmêlée7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list