renégat

\ʁə.ne.ɡa\

/\ʁə.ne.ɡa\/ noun

The verdict

“renégat” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,908. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,908
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui a renié sa religion pour en adopter une autre (éventuellement sous la contrainte).

Corpus desk

Index FR-renegat · renégat · French

renégat · rank #49,908 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,908
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH renouvellemen…

Nearest frequency peer: renouvellements (-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 « renégat »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « renégat » 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
Key facts for renégat
PropertyValue
Headwordrenégat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.ne.ɡa\
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,908
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « renégat »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).renégatse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « renouvellements » (#49,907), « repreneurs » (#49,909), « remplaçable » (#49,906). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « renégat » est au #49,908. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around renégat (IPA \ʁə.ne.ɡa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,908 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for renégat, with forms such as "ernégat", "renegat", and "rengéat". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is renégat, spelled R-E-N-É-G-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui a renié sa religion pour en adopter une autre (éventuellement sous la contrainte).
  2. 2
    Celui qui a renié ses convictions, ses engagements, trahi son propre camp.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ah ! maudit renégat, le plus méchant du monde, Que le ciel te punisse et l'enfer te confonde ! — (Regnard, Les Ménechmes)
  2. Les renégats eurent la plénitude des droits des citoyens musulmans, les chrétiens fidèles ne jouirent que d’une assimilation incomplète et limitée, et, devenus tributaires, ils durent payer l’haràc..

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ernégat
  • renegat
  • rengéat
  • rennégat
  • renéagt
  • renégatt
  • renéggat
  • renégta
  • reéngat
  • rneégat
  • rrenégat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of renégat - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ernégat2renegat1rengéat2rennégat1renéagt2renégatt1renéggat1renégta2
Edit distance from "renégat"

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 "renégat"?
"renégat" is spelled R-E-N-É-G-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ne.ɡa\.
What does "renégat" mean?
As a noun, "renégat" means: Celui qui a renié sa religion pour en adopter une autre (éventuellement sous la contrainte).
What are common misspellings of "renégat"?
Common misspellings include "ernégat", "renegat", "rengéat", "rennégat", "renéagt". The correct spelling is "renégat".
How do you pronounce "renégat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "renégat" is \ʁə.ne.ɡa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "renégat" come from?
"renégat" 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 "renégat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list