relevéesvsrelevezConfusable pair

Quick tell: relevées is a adjective, relevez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#22,396
“relevées” frequency rank
#45,276
“relevez” frequency rank
67672
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature relevées relevez
Definition Féminin pluriel de relevé. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de relever.

Same sound, different letters: relevées vs relevez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. relevées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against relevez's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
relevées
7 ch
relevez

Homophone desk: relevées vs relevez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: relevées and relevez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʁə.lə.ve\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67672, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

relevées is recorded at frequency rank #22,396, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.lə.ve\. relevez is at rank #45,276, tagged as averb, 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 67672, this pair ranks #62,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of relevées vs relevez

Shared letters: elrv. Private to "relevées": . Private to "relevez": z.

"relevées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "relevez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • relevezerlevez · reelvez · releevz · relevezz · relevvez · relevze · rellevez · relveez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "relevées" and "relevez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "relevées" is an adjective and "relevez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "relevées" vs "relevez" - which ranks higher?
"relevées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,396 in our French list, against #45,276 for "relevez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"relevées" and "relevez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "relevées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "relevez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "relevées" and "relevez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "releveur vs relevez". 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 #62,387 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