Which to use
“relater” and “relatés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,523
- “relater” frequency rank
- #48,148
- “relatés” frequency rank
- 85671
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relater | relatés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rapporter, mentionner, citer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de relater. |
Same sound, different letters: relater vs relatés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. relater and relatés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - relater / relatés
This is the hard kind. relater 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85671, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relater is recorded at frequency rank #37,523, 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 85671, this pair ranks #10,949 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of relater vs relatés
Shared letters: aelrt. Private to "relater": -. Private to "relatés": sé.
"relater" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "relatés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- relater ← erlater · realter · relaetr · relaterr · relatre · relatter · rellater · reltaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "relater" for "relatés" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "relater" 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 #10,949 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relater" and "relatés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs rénales". 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 #10,949 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.