Which to use
“relatés” is a verb and “relevés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,148
- “relatés” frequency rank
- #9,375
- “relevés” frequency rank
- 57523
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relatés | relevés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de relater. | Masculin pluriel de relevé. |
Where the eye mixes relatés and relevés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. relatés and relevés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: relatés vs relevés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: relatés is \ʁə.la.te\ while relevés is \ʁə.lə.ve\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57523, 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\. relevés is at rank #9,375, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.lə.ve\.
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 57523, this pair ranks #114,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of relatés vs relevés
Shared letters: elrsé. Private to "relatés": at. Private to "relevés": v.
"relatés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "relevés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "relatés" and "relevés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "relatés" or "relevés"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "relatés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relevés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #114,530 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relatés" and "relevés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs rénales". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #114,530 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.