relous

\ʁə.lu\

/\ʁə.lu\/ adj

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The verdict

“relous” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #46,989. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,989
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de relou.

Corpus desk

Index FR-relous · relous · French

relous · rank #46,989 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,989
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH Reggio

Nearest frequency peer: Reggio (-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 « relous »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « relous » 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).

relous vs relu
67% similar
relous vs reus
67% similar
relous vs repos
67% similar

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

Key facts for relous
PropertyValue
Headwordrelous
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁə.lu\
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,989
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « relous »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Reggio » (#46,988), « remariée » (#46,990), « redeviendra » (#46,987). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « relous » est au #46,989. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around relous (IPA \ʁə.lu\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,989 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de relou.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for relous, with forms such as "erlous", "rellous", and "relosu". 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, "relu", "reus", "repos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is relous, spelled R-E-L-O-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de relou.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’idée était née : s’intéresser à tous ces petits gestes « relous » qui nous titillent au quotidien.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erlous
  • rellous
  • relosu
  • relouss
  • reluos
  • reolus
  • rleous
  • rrelous

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erlous2rellous1relosu2relouss1reluos2reolus2rleous2rrelous1
Edit distance from "relous"

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 "relous"?
"relous" is spelled R-E-L-O-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.lu\.
What does "relous" mean?
As an adjective, "relous" means: Masculin pluriel de relou.
What words are commonly confused with "relous"?
"relous" is commonly confused with "relu", "reus", "repos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "relous"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "relous" is \ʁə.lu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "relous" come from?
"relous" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "relous", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Reggio#46,988romand#47,004rénaux#47,019pliage#46,957

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Rousseff8 variantsrébus8 variantsperfs8 variantsPaquin8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list