Which to use
“relater” and “relayés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,523
- “relater” frequency rank
- #42,575
- “relayés” frequency rank
- 80098
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relater | relayés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rapporter, mentionner, citer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de relayer. |
Where the eye mixes relater and relayés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. relater (CVCVCVC) and relayés (CVCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between relater and relayés
A purely visual mix-up. relater (\ʁə.la.te\) and relayés (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80098, 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\. relayés is at rank #42,575, 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 80098, this pair ranks #21,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of relater vs relayés
Shared letters: aelr. Private to "relater": t. Private to "relayés": syé.
"relater" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "relayés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- relater ← erlater · realter · relaetr · relaterr · relatre · relatter · rellater · reltaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "relater" and "relayés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "relater" or "relayés"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "relater" and "relayés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "relater" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relayés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,740 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relater" and "relayés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs relayés". 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 #21,740 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.