Which to use
“relayer” and “relayés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,547
- “relayer” frequency rank
- #42,575
- “relayés” frequency rank
- 63122
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relayer | relayés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prendre des relais de chevaux frais. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de relayer. |
Where the eye mixes relayer and relayés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. relayer and relayés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses relayer with relayés
A purely visual mix-up. relayer (\ʁə.le.je\) and relayés (\ʁə.lɛ.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relayer is recorded at frequency rank #20,547, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.le.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 63122, this pair ranks #83,641 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of relayer vs relayés
Shared letters: aelry. Private to "relayer": -. Private to "relayés": sé.
"relayer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC · "relayés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- relayer ← erlayer · realyer · relaeyr · relayerr · relayre · relayyer · rellayer · relyaer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "relayer" and "relayés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "relayer" vs "relayés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "relayer" 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 #83,641 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relayer" and "relayés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relatés vs relayés". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #83,641 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.