reniement

\ʁə.ni.mɑ̃\

/\ʁə.ni.mɑ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“reniement” is uncommon French (frequency #50,471 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,471
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de renier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-reniement · reniement · French

reniement · rank #50,471 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,471
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rendors

Nearest frequency peer: rendors (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « reniement »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « reniement » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for reniement
PropertyValue
Headwordreniement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.ni.mɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,471
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « reniement » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).reniementtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « rendors » (#50,470), « renversent » (#50,472), « remus » (#50,469). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « reniement » est au #50,471. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reniement is uncommon French at frequency #50,471 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.ni.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action de renier.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for reniement, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 reniement, spelled R-E-N-I-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de renier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le reniement de saint Pierre.
  2. Le reniement d’une doctrine.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "reniement"?
"reniement" is spelled R-E-N-I-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.ni.mɑ̃\.
What does "reniement" mean?
As a noun, "reniement" means: Action de renier.
How do you pronounce "reniement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reniement" is \ʁə.ni.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reniement" come from?
"reniement" 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 "reniement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list