renommiertevsrenovierteConfusable pair

Which to use

“renommierte” and “renovierte” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,019
“renommierte” frequency rank
#38,968
“renovierte” frequency rank
57987
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature renommierte renovierte
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs renommiert Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs renoviert

Where the eye mixes renommierte and renovierte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. renommierte runs 11 letters (CVCVCCVVCCV) against renovierte's 10 (CVCVCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
renommierte
10 ch
renovierte

Look-alike desk: renommierte vs renovierte

A purely visual mix-up. renommierte ([ʁenɔˈmiːɐ̯tə]) and renovierte ([ʁenoˈviːɐ̯tə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

renommierte is recorded at frequency rank #19,019, classified as anadj, pronounced [ʁenɔˈmiːɐ̯tə]. renovierte is at rank #38,968, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ʁenoˈviːɐ̯tə].

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 57987, this pair ranks #879,986 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of renommierte vs renovierte

Shared letters: einort. Private to "renommierte": m. Private to "renovierte": v.

"renommierte" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCCVVCCV  ·  "renovierte" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • renommierte ← ernommierte · renmomierte · rennommierte · renomierte · renomimerte · renommeirte · renommieret · renommierrte
  • renovierte ← ernovierte · rennovierte · renoiverte · renoveirte · renovieret · renovierrte · renoviertte · renovietre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "renommierte" for "renovierte" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ʁenɔˈmiːɐ̯tə] versus [ʁenoˈviːɐ̯tə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "renommierte" or "renovierte" show up more?
"renommierte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,019 in our German list, against #38,968 for "renovierte". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "renommierte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "renovierte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #879,986 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "renommierte" and "renovierte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "renovierte vs renovierten". 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 #879,986 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list