rennais

\ʁɛ.nɛ\

/\ʁɛ.nɛ\/ adj

The verdict

“rennais” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,041. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,041
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne la ville de Rennes, en France.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rennais · rennais · French

rennais · rank #18,041 · 8 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,041
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH relecture

Nearest frequency peer: relecture (-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 « rennais »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « rennais » 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).

rennais vs Rennes
57% similar
rennais vs réunis
57% similar
rennais vs rêvais
57% similar

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

Key facts for rennais
PropertyValue
Headwordrennais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ʁɛ.nɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,041
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rennais »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rennaisse 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 « relecture » (#18,040), « renvoient » (#18,042), « relax » (#18,039). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rennais » est au #18,041. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around rennais (IPA \ʁɛ.nɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,041 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui concerne la ville de Rennes, en France.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for rennais, with forms such as "ernnais", "renais", and "renanis". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "Rennes", "réunis", "rêvais", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is rennais, spelled R-E-N-N-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui concerne la ville de Rennes, en France.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Enfin, la recrudescence des grues dans tous les quartiers rennais, mais aussi dans les communes périphériques, trahit la vitalité d’une métropole de près de 400 000 habitants qui se prépare à accueillir 60 000 nouveaux arrivants au cours des dix prochaines années.
  2. Ses années rennaises lui plurent beaucoup.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ernnais
  • renais
  • renanis
  • rennaiss
  • rennasi
  • rennias
  • rnenais
  • rrennais

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rennais - 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.

ernnais2renais1renanis2rennaiss1rennasi2rennias2rnenais2rrennais1
Edit distance from "rennais"

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 "rennais"?
"rennais" is spelled R-E-N-N-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁɛ.nɛ\.
What does "rennais" mean?
As an adjective, "rennais" means: Qui concerne la ville de Rennes, en France.
What words are commonly confused with "rennais"?
"rennais" is commonly confused with "Rennes", "réunis", "rêvais". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rennais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rennais" is \ʁɛ.nɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rennais" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rennais", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list