Which to use
“relayé” and “relayée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,141
- “relayé” frequency rank
- #26,847
- “relayée” frequency rank
- 47988
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relayé | relayée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de relayer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de relayer. |
Same sound, different letters: relayé vs relayée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. relayé runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against relayée's 7 (CVCVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - relayé and relayée
This is the hard kind. relayé and relayée are pronounced identically (\ʁə.lɛ.je\) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “relayé” sits inside “relayée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47988, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relayé is recorded at frequency rank #21,141, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.lɛ.je\. relayée is at rank #26,847, 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 47988, this pair ranks #182,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of relayé vs relayée
Shared letters: aelryé. Private to "relayé": -. Private to "relayée": -.
"relayé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "relayée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "relayé" for "relayée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "relayé" or "relayée"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "relayé" / "relayée". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "relayé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relayée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #182,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relayé" and "relayée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs relayée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #182,553 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.