Which to use
“release” and “relevée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,324
- “release” frequency rank
- #16,984
- “relevée” frequency rank
- 45308
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | release | relevée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Révision, version, distribution (nouvelle version d’un logiciel, en particulier). | Le temps de l’après-midi. |
Where the eye mixes release and relevée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. release (CVCVVCV) and relevée (CVCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between release and relevée
A purely visual mix-up. release (\ʁə.lis\) and relevée (\ʁə.lə.ve\) 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 45308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
release is recorded at frequency rank #28,324, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.lis\. relevée is at rank #16,984, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.lə.ve\.
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 45308, this pair ranks #203,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of release vs relevée
Shared letters: elr. Private to "release": as. Private to "relevée": vé.
"release" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "relevée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- release ← erlease · reelase · relaese · releaes · releasse · relesae · rellease · rleease
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "release" for "relevée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "release" vs "relevée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "release" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relevée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,741 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "release" and "relevée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "release vs rêveuse". 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 #203,741 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.