Which to use
“relayé” and “relayés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,141
- “relayé” frequency rank
- #42,575
- “relayés” frequency rank
- 63716
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relayé | relayés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de relayer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de relayer. |
Same sound, different letters: relayé vs relayés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. relayé runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against relayés's 7 (CVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - relayé and relayés
This is the hard kind. relayé and relayés 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 “relayés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63716, 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\. 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 63716, this pair ranks #80,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of relayé vs relayés
Shared letters: aelryé. Private to "relayé": -. Private to "relayés": s.
"relayé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "relayés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "relayé" and "relayés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "relayé" or "relayés"?
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 "relayé" 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 #80,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relayé" and "relayés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs relayés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #80,561 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.