# renewal

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #9,087

## Definitions
1. The act of renewing.
2. An offensive action made immediately after a parried one.

## Etymology
From renew + -al.

## Easily confused with
- **reveal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renewal-vs-reveal)
- **rental** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renewal-vs-rental)
- **repeal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renewal-vs-repeal)
- **renew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renew-vs-renewal)
- **renal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renal-vs-renewal)
- **renewable** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/renewable-vs-renewal)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ernewal`, `reenwal`, `reneawl`, `renewall`, `renewla`, `renewwal`, `rennewal`, `renweal`, `rneewal`, `rrenewal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/renewal