Which to use
“réglage” is a noun and “relaxé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,582
- “réglage” frequency rank
- #33,435
- “relaxé” frequency rank
- 52017
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | réglage | relaxé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de régler (par exemple une montre, un moteur, un tir d’artillerie…), ou résultat de cette action. | Muscles, des tendons qui ont perdu de leur tension naturelle. |
Letter map: réglage vs relaxé
Shared letters muted; letters that set réglage and relaxé apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. réglage runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against relaxé's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for réglage / relaxé
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: réglage is anoun and relaxéanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52017, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
réglage is recorded at frequency rank #18,582, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ɡlaʒ\. relaxé is at rank #33,435, tagged as anadj.
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 52017, this pair ranks #150,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of réglage vs relaxé
Shared letters: aelré. Private to "réglage": g. Private to "relaxé": x.
"réglage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "relaxé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "réglage" and "relaxé". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "réglage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relaxé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,786 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "réglage" and "relaxé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs relaxé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #150,786 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.