Which to use
“relayée” and “relayés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,847
- “relayée” frequency rank
- #42,575
- “relayés” frequency rank
- 69422
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relayée | relayés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de relayer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de relayer. |
Same sound, different letters: relayée vs relayés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. relayée (CVCVVVV) and relayés (CVCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: relayée vs relayés
This is the hard kind. relayée 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 a single letter - e in “relayée” becomes s in “relayés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69422, 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\. 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 69422, this pair ranks #55,171 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of relayée vs relayés
Shared letters: aelryé. Private to "relayée": -. Private to "relayés": s.
"relayée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVV · "relayés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "relayée" for "relayés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "relayée" or "relayés"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "relayée" / "relayés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "relayée" 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 #55,171 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relayée" and "relayés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs relayés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #55,171 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.