rendre la pareille

\ʁɑ̃.dʁə la pa.ʁɛj\

/\ʁɑ̃.dʁə la pa.ʁɛj\/ verb

The verdict

“rendre la pareille” 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
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Faire à quelqu’un ce qu’il a fait vis-à-vis de soi.

Key facts for rendre la pareille
PropertyValue
Headwordrendre la pareille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁɑ̃.dʁə la pa.ʁɛj\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rendre la pareille” sits in French frequency

rendre la pareille falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for rendre la pareille is 18 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʁɑ̃.dʁə la pa.ʁɛj\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rendre la pareille, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 rendre la pareille, spelled R-E-N-D-R-E- -L-A- -P-A-R-E-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire à quelqu’un ce qu’il a fait vis-à-vis de soi.
  2. 2
    Faire à quelqu’un ce qu’il a fait vis-à-vis de soi.
  3. 3
    Faire à quelqu’un ce qu’il a fait vis-à-vis de soi.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rendre la pareille"?
"rendre la pareille" is spelled R-E-N-D-R-E- -L-A- -P-A-R-E-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɑ̃.dʁə la pa.ʁɛj\.
What does "rendre la pareille" mean?
As a verb, "rendre la pareille" means: Faire à quelqu’un ce qu’il a fait vis-à-vis de soi.
How do you pronounce "rendre la pareille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rendre la pareille" is \ʁɑ̃.dʁə la pa.ʁɛj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rendre la pareille" come from?
"rendre la pareille" 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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Using “rendre la pareille”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is R-E-N-D-R-E- -L-A- -P-A-R-E-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ʁɑ̃.dʁə la pa.ʁɛj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list