réaliservsrelisezConfusable pair

Which to use

“réaliser” and “relisez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,677
“réaliser” frequency rank
#42,576
“relisez” frequency rank
44253
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réaliser relisez
Definition Rendre réel et effectif ; construire, élaborer quelque chose qui était à l’état de projet, de pensée. Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de relire.

Where the eye mixes réaliser and relisez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. réaliser runs 8 letters (CVVCVCVC) against relisez's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
réaliser
7 ch
relisez

Look-alike desk: réaliser vs relisez

A purely visual mix-up. réaliser (\ʁe.a.li.ze\) and relisez (\ʁə.li.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44253, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réaliser is recorded at frequency rank #1,677, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁe.a.li.ze\. relisez is at rank #42,576, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.li.ze\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 44253, this pair ranks #211,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of réaliser vs relisez

Shared letters: eilrs. Private to "réaliser": aé. Private to "relisez": z.

"réaliser" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "relisez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • relisez ← erlisez · reilsez · reliesz · relisezz · relissez · relisze · rellisez · relsiez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "réaliser" and "relisez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ʁe.a.li.ze\ versus \ʁə.li.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "réaliser" or "relisez"?
"réaliser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,677 in our French list, against #42,576 for "relisez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "réaliser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "relisez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #211,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réaliser" and "relisez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relisez vs révisés". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #211,889 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list