renards

\ʁə.naʁ\

/\ʁə.naʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“renards” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,849. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,849
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de renard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-renards · renards · French

renards · rank #26,849 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,849
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH reliure

Nearest frequency peer: reliure (-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 « renards »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « renards » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

renards vs rends
71% similar
renards vs retard
71% similar
renards vs Renaud
57% similar

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

Key facts for renards
PropertyValue
Headwordrenards
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.naʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,849
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « renards »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).renardsse 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 « reliure » (#26,848), « rencontrait » (#26,850), « relayée » (#26,847). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « renards » est au #26,849. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around renards (IPA \ʁə.naʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,849 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de renard.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for renards, with forms such as "ernards", "reanrds", and "renadrs". 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, "rends", "retard", "Renaud", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is renards, spelled R-E-N-A-R-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de renard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mais de nombreux carnassiers se mangent entre eux : les loups, par exemple, malgré le proverbe; les taupes aussi, les renards aussi.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ernards
  • reanrds
  • renadrs
  • renardds
  • renardss
  • renarrds
  • renarsd
  • rennards
  • renrads
  • rneards
  • rrenards

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of renards - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ernards2reanrds2renadrs2renardds1renardss1renarrds1renarsd2rennards1
Edit distance from "renards"

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 "renards"?
"renards" is spelled R-E-N-A-R-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.naʁ\.
What does "renards" mean?
As a noun, "renards" means: Pluriel de renard.
What words are commonly confused with "renards"?
"renards" is commonly confused with "rends", "retard", "Renaud". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "renards"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "renards" is \ʁə.naʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "renards" come from?
"renards" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reliure#26,848relayée#26,847revoilà#26,853recyclé#26,844

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

revêtir11 variantssalariée11 variantsSarajevo11 variantssingles11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list