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“relayée” and “relayées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,847
“relayée” frequency rank
#38,006
“relayées” frequency rank
64853
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature relayée relayées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de relayer. Participe passé féminin pluriel de relayer.

Same sound, different letters: relayée vs relayées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. relayée runs 7 letters (CVCVVVV) against relayées's 8 (CVCVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
relayée
8 ch
relayées

Same sound, different spelling - relayée / relayées

This is the hard kind. relayée and relayées 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) - “relayée” sits inside “relayées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64853, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

relayée is recorded at frequency rank #26,847, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.lɛ.je\. 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 64853, this pair ranks #75,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of relayée vs relayées

Shared letters: aelryé. Private to "relayée": -. Private to "relayées": s.

"relayée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVV  ·  "relayées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "relayée" and "relayées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁə.lɛ.je\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "relayée" vs "relayées" - which ranks higher?
"relayée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,847 in our French list, against #38,006 for "relayées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "relayée" 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 #75,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "relayée" and "relayées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs relayées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #75,045 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list