render

Name: render, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈɹɛn.də/

//ˈɹɛn.də// verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“render” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,949. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,949
frequency rank, English: 3,094
“R” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To cause to become.

Corpus desk

Index EN-render · render · English

render · rank #9,949 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,949
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-MID 3,094
PHOTO-FINISH quo

Nearest frequency peer: quo (-2 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

questionable

90,056
queue

90,055
quo

90,054
render

90,052
retaining

90,050
Romania

90,049

What this shows Bars show where “render” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

render vs Rene

50% similar

render vs rider

67% similar

render vs renew

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for render
Property	Value
Headword	render
Language	English
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	/ˈɹɛn.də/
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#9,949
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “render” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).renderlands here:

#9,949

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “quo” (#9,947), “retaining” (#9,951), “queue” (#9,946). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around render (IPA /ˈɹɛn.də/), averb. Corpus frequency is #9,949 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 17 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for render, with forms such as "ernder", "redner", and "rendder". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Rene", "rider", "renew", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“render, give back”), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere (“make, give back”). The correct English form is render, spelled R-E-N-D-E-R.

Definition

1
To cause to become.
2
To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
3
To translate into another language.
4
To pass down.
5
To make over as a return.
6
To give; to give back; to deliver.
7
To give up; to yield; to surrender.
8
To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
9
To apply realistic coloring and shading.
10
To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
11
To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
12
To have fat melt off meat from cooking.
13
To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
14
To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
15
To yield or give way.
16
To return; to pay back; to restore.
17
To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how render appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

The shot rendered her immobile.
[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.

Etymology

From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“render, give back”), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere (“make, give back”).

Synonyms

make accordrender off

This word in other languages

volver(Español)rendre(Français)machen(Deutsch)tornar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ernder
redner
rendder
renderr
rendre
renedr
rennder
rneder
rrender

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of render - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "render"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "render"?

"render" is spelled R-E-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɹɛn.də/.

What does "render" mean?

As a verb, "render" means: To cause to become.

What words are commonly confused with "render"?

"render" is commonly confused with "Rene", "rider", "renew". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "render"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "render" is /ˈɹɛn.də/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "render"?

From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“render, give back”), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere (“make, give back”). See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "render", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.