Which to use
“relancée” and “relancer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,506
- “relancée” frequency rank
- #8,026
- “relancer” frequency rank
- 46532
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relancée | relancer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de relancer. | Lancer de nouveau. |
Same sound, different letters: relancée vs relancer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - relancée / relancer
This is the hard kind. relancée and relancer are pronounced identically (\ʁə.lɑ̃.se\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relancée is recorded at frequency rank #38,506, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.lɑ̃.se\. relancer is at rank #8,026, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.lɑ̃.se\.
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 46532, this pair ranks #194,152 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of relancée vs relancer
Shared letters: acelnr. Private to "relancée": é. Private to "relancer": -.
"relancée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "relancer" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- relancer ← erlancer · realncer · relacner · relanccer · relancerr · relancre · relanecr · relanncer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "relancée" and "relancer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "relancée" or "relancer" show up more?
After this comparison
"relancée" and "relancer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "relancée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relancer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #194,152 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relancée" and "relancer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relâchée vs relancée". 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 #194,152 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.