rendre hommage
\ʁɑ̃.dʁ‿ɔ.maʒ\
The verdict
“rendre hommage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Proclamer le grand respect, l'estime, la gratitude et la reconnaissance de la haute valeur que l'on porte à quelqu'un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rendre-hommage · rendre hommage · French
rendre hommage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
Longue queue: rang de « rendre hommage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
rendre hommage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁɑ̃.dʁ‿ɔ.maʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rendre hommage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le mardi 17 octobre 2006, l'Académie française, l'Académie des sciences, le Comité consultatif national d'éthique pour les sciences de la vie et de la santé, l'Académie nationale de médecine rendaient hommage à Jean Bernard. Autour de son buste, à l'institut de France, l'après-midi, Jacqueline de Romilly, pour l'Académie française, Jean Dausset, pour l'Ac…
Selon des images diffusées à la télévision, Vladimir Poutine s’est rendu jeudi à l’Hôpital clinique central (TSKB) de Moscou, où est décédé Mikhaïl Gorbatchev, pour lui rendre hommage.
This word in other languages
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