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.
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?
Which is more common, "relayées" or "relayés"?
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.