renoi
\ʁə.nwa\
The verdict
“renoi” is uncommon French (frequency #69,378 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,378
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Noir, personne ayant la peau noire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-renoi · renoi · French
renoi · rank #69,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,378
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH renchéri
Nearest frequency peer: renchéri (-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 « renoi »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- regroupera
regroupera
30,626 corpus weight
- renarde
renarde
30,625 corpus weight
- renchéri
renchéri
30,624 corpus weight
- renoi
renoi
30,623 corpus weight
- repassez
repassez
30,622 corpus weight
- reportez
reportez
30,621 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « renoi » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | renoi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʁə.nwa\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « renoi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
renoi is uncommon French at frequency #69,378 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʁə.nwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Noir, personne ayant la peau noire.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for renoi, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is renoi, spelled R-E-N-O-I.
Definition
- 1Noir, personne ayant la peau noire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how renoi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce groupe de la gare de Saint-Denis est essentiellement constitué d’individus d’Afrique noire et d’Antillais, et se désignent eux-mêmes par renoi, black ou keubla.
La couleur de la peau n'est pas un tabou dans ces quartiers. Loin du politiquement correct, on parle en verlan de rebeu, de renoi, de babtou pour arabe, noir ou blanc.
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.
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