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.
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?
Frequency check: "relevée" vs "relevées" - which ranks higher?
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.