renaissance

\ʁə.nɛ.sɑ̃s\

/\ʁə.nɛ.sɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“renaissance” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,916. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,916
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de renaître, seconde, nouvelle naissance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-renaissance · renaissance · French

renaissance · rank #5,916 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,916
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH refusent

Nearest frequency peer: refusent (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « renaissance »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « renaissance » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for renaissance
PropertyValue
Headwordrenaissance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.nɛ.sɑ̃s\
Letters11
Frequency rank#5,916
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « renaissance »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).renaissancese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « refusent » (#5,915), « récents » (#5,917), « réels » (#5,918). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « renaissance » est au #5,916. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around renaissance (IPA \ʁə.nɛ.sɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,916 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for renaissance, with forms such as "ernaissance", "reanissance", and "renaisance". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is renaissance, spelled R-E-N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de renaître, seconde, nouvelle naissance.
  2. 2
    Renouvellement, renouveau.
  3. 3
    Réapparition après une interruption, en parlant des choses morales ou intellectuelles.
  4. 4
    Nom donné à des laines issues du recyclage par carbonisage de tissus anciens contenant de la laine et du coton ou par effilochage (mungo et shoddy) de vieux vêtements en laine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La renaissance du phénix est une fable.
  2. La renaissance du printemps.

This word in other languages

rebirth(English)renacimiento(Español)Wiedergeburt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ernaissance
  • reanissance
  • renaisance
  • renaisasnce
  • renaissacne
  • renaissancce
  • renaissanec
  • renaissannce
  • renaissnace
  • renasisance
  • reniassance
  • rennaissance
  • rneaissance
  • rrenaissance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of renaissance - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ernaissance2reanissance2renaisance1renaisasnce2renaissacne2renaissancce1renaissanec2renaissannce1
Edit distance from "renaissance"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "renaissance"?
"renaissance" is spelled R-E-N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.nɛ.sɑ̃s\.
What does "renaissance" mean?
As a noun, "renaissance" means: Action de renaître, seconde, nouvelle naissance.
What are common misspellings of "renaissance"?
Common misspellings include "ernaissance", "reanissance", "renaisance", "renaisasnce", "renaissacne". The correct spelling is "renaissance".
How do you pronounce "renaissance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "renaissance" is \ʁə.nɛ.sɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "renaissance" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list