Which to use
“relatés” and “relayées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,148
- “relatés” frequency rank
- #38,006
- “relayées” frequency rank
- 86154
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relatés | relayées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de relater. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de relayer. |
Where the eye mixes relatés and relayées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. relatés runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against relayées's 8 (CVCVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: relatés vs relayées
A purely visual mix-up. relatés (\ʁə.la.te\) and relayées (\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 86154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relatés is recorded at frequency rank #48,148, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.la.te\. relayées is at rank #38,006, 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 86154, this pair ranks #10,158 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of relatés vs relayées
Shared letters: aelrsé. Private to "relatés": t. Private to "relayées": y.
"relatés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "relayées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "relatés" for "relayées" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "relatés" or "relayées" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "relatés" and "relayées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "relatés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relayées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,158 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relatés" and "relayées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs rénales". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #10,158 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.