Which to use
“relevée” is a noun and “relever” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,984
- “relevée” frequency rank
- #4,095
- “relever” frequency rank
- 21079
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relevée | relever |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Le temps de l’après-midi. | Lever à nouveau. |
Where the eye mixes relevée and relever
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. relevée (CVCVCVV) and relever (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses relevée with relever
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: relevée is \ʁə.lə.ve\ while relever is \ʁəl.ve\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21079, 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\. relever is at rank #4,095, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁəl.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 21079, this pair ranks #364,971 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of relevée vs relever
Shared letters: elrv. Private to "relevée": é. Private to "relever": -.
"relevée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "relever" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- relever ← erlever · reelver · releevr · releverr · relevre · relevver · rellever · relveer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "relevée" for "relever" ever safe?
Frequency check: "relevée" vs "relever" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "relevée" and "relever" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "relevée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "relever" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #364,971 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relevée" and "relever" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "relevée vs releveur". 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 #364,971 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.