rendre hommage
\ʁɑ̃.dʁ‿ɔ.maʒ\
The verdict
“rendre hommage” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Proclamer le grand respect, l'estime, la gratitude et la reconnaissance de la haute valeur que l'on porte à quelqu'un.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rendre hommage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁɑ̃.dʁ‿ɔ.maʒ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rendre hommage” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for rendre hommage is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɑ̃.dʁ‿ɔ.maʒ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Proclamer le grand respect, l'estime, la gratitude et la reconnaissance de la haute valeur que l'on porte à quelqu'un.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rendre hommage, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is rendre hommage, spelled R-E-N-D-R-E- -H-O-M-M-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Proclamer le grand respect, l'estime, la gratitude et la reconnaissance de la haute valeur que l'on porte à quelqu'un.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “rendre hommage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is R-E-N-D-R-E- -H-O-M-M-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʁɑ̃.dʁ‿ɔ.maʒ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.