Which to use
“relevés” is an adjective and “relevez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,375
- “relevés” frequency rank
- #45,276
- “relevez” frequency rank
- 54651
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | relevés | relevez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de relevé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de relever. |
Same sound, different letters: relevés vs relevez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. relevés and relevez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: relevés vs relevez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: relevés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
relevés is recorded at frequency rank #9,375, 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 54651, this pair ranks #132,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of relevés vs relevez
Shared letters: elrv. Private to "relevés": sé. Private to "relevez": z.
"relevés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "relevez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- relevez ← erlevez · reelvez · releevz · relevezz · relevvez · relevze · rellevez · relveez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "relevés" for "relevez" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "relevés" / "relevez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "relevés" 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 #132,599 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "relevés" 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 #132,599 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.