rene

\ˈrẽːne\

/\ˈrẽːne\/ verb

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The verdict

“rene” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #35,247) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#35,247
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe ren/renañ/reniñ.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rene · rene · French

rene · rank #35,247 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,247
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH remporta

Nearest frequency peer: remporta (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « rene »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « rene » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

rene vs rue
50% similar
rene vs RER
0% similar
rene vs run
50% similar

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

Key facts for rene
PropertyValue
Headwordrene
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈrẽːne\
Letters4
Frequency rank#35,247
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « rene »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.renese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « remporta » (#35,246), « renouvellent » (#35,248), « remercient » (#35,245). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rene » est au #35,247. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for rene is neighbouring look-alikes ("rue", "RER", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced \ˈrẽːne\. Frequency #35,247 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe ren/renañ/reniñ.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for rene, with forms such as "erne", "reen", and "rnee". 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, "rue", "RER", "run", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is rene, spelled R-E-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe ren/renañ/reniñ.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En hevelep mare, e rene war rouantelezh Logrez, e Breizh-Veur, ur roue anvet Vortigern.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erne
  • reen
  • rnee
  • rrene

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

erne2reen2rnee2rrene1
Edit distance from "rene"

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 "rene"?
"rene" is spelled R-E-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈrẽːne\.
What does "rene" mean?
As a verb, "rene" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe ren/renañ/reniñ.
What words are commonly confused with "rene"?
"rene" is commonly confused with "rue", "RER", "run". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rene"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rene" is \ˈrẽːne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rene" come from?
"rene" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rapt#35,232pues#35,225sint#35,277smet#35,280

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list