renée

\ʁə.ne\

/\ʁə.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“renée” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,462
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé féminin singulier de renaître (ou renaitre).

Corpus desk

Index FR-renee · renée · French

renée · rank #16,462 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,462
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH retourna

Nearest frequency peer: retourna (+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 « renée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « renée » 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).

renée vs rêve
40% similar
renée vs reno
60% similar
renée vs ruée
60% similar

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

Key facts for renée
PropertyValue
Headwordrenée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁə.ne\
Letters5
Frequency rank#16,462
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « renée »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.renéese 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 « retourna » (#16,463), « rassemblements » (#16,460), « retrouvait » (#16,464). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « renée » est au #16,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around renée (IPA \ʁə.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,462 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé féminin singulier de renaître (ou renaitre).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for renée, with forms such as "ernée", "renee", and "reneé". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rêve", "reno", "ruée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is renée, spelled R-E-N-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé féminin singulier de renaître (ou renaitre).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et j’aurais récupéré […] ce que je dois savoir sur ce monde meilleur où je suis renée.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ernée
  • renee
  • reneé
  • rennée
  • reéne
  • rneée
  • rrenée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of renée - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ernée2renee1reneé2rennée1reéne2rneée2rrenée1
Edit distance from "renée"

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 "renée"?
"renée" is spelled R-E-N-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ne\.
What does "renée" mean?
As a verb, "renée" means: Participe passé féminin singulier de renaître (ou renaitre).
What words are commonly confused with "renée"?
"renée" is commonly confused with "rêve", "reno", "ruée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "renée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "renée" is \ʁə.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "renée" come from?
"renée" 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 "renée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

vices7 variantsmeufs7 variantswoods7 variantsKeller7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list