relevéevsrelevéesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: relevée is a noun, relevées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“relevée” is a noun and “relevées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,984
“relevée” frequency rank
#22,396
“relevées” frequency rank
39380
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature relevée relevées
Definition Le temps de l’après-midi. Féminin pluriel de relevé.

Same sound, different letters: relevée vs relevées

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

7 ch
relevée
8 ch
relevées

Homophone desk: relevée vs relevées

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: relevée and relevées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.lə.ve\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “relevée” sits inside “relevées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

relevée is recorded at frequency rank #16,984, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʁə.lə.ve\. relevées is at rank #22,396, tagged as anadj, 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 39380, this pair ranks #248,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of relevée vs relevées

Shared letters: elrvé. Private to "relevée": -. Private to "relevées": s.

"relevée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "relevées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "relevée" and "relevées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "relevée" is a noun and "relevées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "relevée" vs "relevées" - which ranks higher?
"relevée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,984 in our French list, against #22,396 for "relevées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "relevée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "relevées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #248,397 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "relevée" and "relevées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relevées vs releveur". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #248,397 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