réglagesvsrelatésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: réglages is a noun, relatés is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“réglages” is a noun and “relatés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,148
“réglages” frequency rank
#48,148
“relatés” frequency rank
67296
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature réglages relatés
Definition Pluriel de réglage. Participe passé masculin pluriel de relater.

Where the eye mixes réglages and relatés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. réglages runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against relatés's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
réglages
7 ch
relatés

Visual trap between réglages and relatés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: réglages is \ʁe.ɡlaʒ\ while relatés is \ʁə.la.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

réglages is recorded at frequency rank #19,148, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁe.ɡlaʒ\. relatés is at rank #48,148, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.la.te\.

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 67296, this pair ranks #64,019 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of réglages vs relatés

Shared letters: aelrsé. Private to "réglages": g. Private to "relatés": t.

"réglages" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "relatés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "réglages" for "relatés" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "réglages" is a noun and "relatés" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "réglages" or "relatés"?
"réglages" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,148 in our French list, against #48,148 for "relatés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "réglages" and "relatés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "réglages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "relatés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,019 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "réglages" and "relatés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs rénales". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #64,019 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