Which to use
“relaté” and “relatés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,559
- “relaté” frequency rank
- #48,148
- “relatés” frequency rank
- 80707
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relaté | relatés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de relater. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de relater. |
Same sound, different letters: relaté vs relatés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. relaté runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against relatés's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: relaté vs relatés
This is the hard kind. relaté and relatés are pronounced identically (\ʁə.la.te\) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “relaté” sits inside “relatés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80707, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relaté is recorded at frequency rank #32,559, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.la.te\. 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 80707, this pair ranks #20,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of relaté vs relatés
Shared letters: aelrté. Private to "relaté": -. Private to "relatés": s.
"relaté" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "relatés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "relaté" and "relatés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "relaté" or "relatés"?
After this comparison
"relaté" and "relatés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "relaté" 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 #20,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relaté" and "relatés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs rénales". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #20,341 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.