relayéesvsrelayésConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#38,006
“relayées” frequency rank
#42,575
“relayés” frequency rank
80581
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature relayées relayés
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de relayer. Participe passé masculin pluriel de relayer.

Same sound, different letters: relayées vs relayés

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

8 ch
relayées
7 ch
relayés

Homophone desk: relayées vs relayés

This is the hard kind. relayées 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80581, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

relayées is recorded at frequency rank #38,006, 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 80581, this pair ranks #20,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of relayées vs relayés

Shared letters: aelrsyé. Private to "relayées": -. Private to "relayés": -.

"relayées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVVVC  ·  "relayés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "relayées" and "relayés" 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.
Which is more common, "relayées" or "relayés"?
"relayées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,006 in our French list, against #42,575 for "relayés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "relayées" 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 #20,608 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "relayées" and "relayés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs relayés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #20,608 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