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

#38,506
“relancée” frequency rank
#26,847
“relayée” frequency rank
65353
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature relancée relayée
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de relancer. Participe passé féminin singulier de relayer.

Where the eye mixes relancée and relayée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. relancée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against relayée's 7 (CVCVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
relancée
7 ch
relayée

Look-alike desk: relancée vs relayée

A purely visual mix-up. relancée (\ʁə.lɑ̃.se\) and relayée (\ʁə.lɛ.je\) 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 65353, 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\. relayée is at rank #26,847, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.lɛ.je\.

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 65353, this pair ranks #72,781 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of relancée vs relayée

Shared letters: aelré. Private to "relancée": cn. Private to "relayée": y.

"relancée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "relayée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "relancée" for "relayée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ʁə.lɑ̃.se\ versus \ʁə.lɛ.je\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "relancée" vs "relayée" - which ranks higher?
"relayée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,847 in our French list, against #38,506 for "relancée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "relancée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "relayée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,781 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "relancée" and "relayée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relâchée vs relancée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #72,781 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