Which to use
“reléguée” and “relégués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,499
- “reléguée” frequency rank
- #36,566
- “relégués” frequency rank
- 76065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reléguée | relégués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de relégué. | Masculin pluriel de relégué. |
Same sound, different letters: reléguée vs relégués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. reléguée (CVCVCVVV) and relégués (CVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: reléguée vs relégués
This is the hard kind. reléguée and relégués are pronounced identically (\ʁə.le.ɡe\) and both work as anadjective. 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 “reléguée” becomes s in “relégués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reléguée is recorded at frequency rank #39,499, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.le.ɡe\. relégués is at rank #36,566, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.le.ɡe\.
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 76065, this pair ranks #32,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of reléguée vs relégués
Shared letters: eglrué. Private to "reléguée": -. Private to "relégués": s.
"reléguée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVV · "relégués" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reléguée" and "relégués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "reléguée" vs "relégués" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"reléguée" and "relégués" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "reléguée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relégués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,186 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reléguée" and "relégués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reléguée vs reléguer". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #32,186 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.