Which to use
“relaté” and “relire” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,559
- “relaté” frequency rank
- #9,731
- “relire” frequency rank
- 42290
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relaté | relire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de relater. | Lire de nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes relaté and relire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. relaté and relire follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses relaté with relire
A purely visual mix-up. relaté (\ʁə.la.te\) and relire (\ʁə.liʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42290, 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\. relire is at rank #9,731, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.liʁ\.
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 42290, this pair ranks #226,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of relaté vs relire
Shared letters: elr. Private to "relaté": até. Private to "relire": i.
"relaté" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "relire" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- relire ← erlire · reilre · relirre · rellire · relrie · rleire · rrelire
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "relaté" for "relire" ever safe?
Which is more common, "relaté" or "relire"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "relaté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #226,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relaté" and "relire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relaté vs relit". 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 #226,728 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.